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Originally Posted by Dazrin
It amused me to think that The Three Musketeers was set only a few years before the revolution. Part of me wanted to say "they earned this". Then I refreshed my memory and realized TTM was about 170 years prior to this. Oh well, I was amused at least for a little while.
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It was a long time brewing at that.
I'm glad that
TTM has been brought up in the context of
The Scarlet Pimpernel. Many seemed not to like
TTM because they found the Musketeers themselves despicable. The same objection can't be made to the noble in both social standing and character members of the League! And yet, wouldn't it be more realistic for a group of vigilantes to engage in drinking, whoring and thievery as likely ancillaries to their lives of action, than only to do that which aids others?
It's one reason why while
Scarlet Pimpernel may be a better read (it never bogs down),
TTM is a better book.