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Twenty Years After
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
A new translation of Dumas’s rousing sequel to The Three Musketeers, picking up 20 years after the conclusion of that classic novel and continuing the adventures of the valiant d’Artagnan and his three loyal friends
The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas’s most famous and enduring novel, completed its serial publication in the summer of 1844, and by the time of its book publication at the end of that year, readers were already demanding a sequel. They got it starting in January 1845, when the first chapters of Twenty Years After began to appear - but it wasn’t quite what they were expecting.
When Twenty Years After opens it is 1648: the Red Sphinx, Cardinal Richelieu, is dead, France is ruled by a regency in the grip of civil war, and across the English Channel the monarchy of King Charles I hangs by a thread. As d’Artagnan will find, these are problems that can’t be solved with a sword thrust. In Twenty Years After, the musketeers confront maturity and face its greatest challenge: sometimes, you fail. It’s in how the four comrades respond to failure, and rise above it, that we begin to see the true characters of Dumas’s great heroes.
A true literary achievement, Twenty Years After is long overdue for a modern reassessment - and a new translation. As an added inducement, Lawrence Ellsworth has discovered a “lost” chapter that was overlooked in the novel’s original publication, and is included in none of the available English translations to date - until now.
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- Nathaniel
- 27-03-23
Thoroughly enjoyed
Having listened to the dramatised version of the three musketeers, the narration took a little adjusting to on my part but overall a great book and a great listen
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- Emma
- 07-01-20
Half missing
I love the story, I love the narration, but I’m so disappointed that the rest of the story isn’t included, which wasn’t clear from the description, or the translator’s notes at the beginning of the narration. I really hope the rest of it will be released soon with the same narrator.
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- Bangalorebabe
- 16-05-20
Don't buy !
Awful disappointment - the second half of the book is missing ! Gutted. None of the story set in England is there
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- R Webb
- 19-12-19
Half the book!
Such a shame this is only half the book. John Lee is so much better than other narrators of the same story - please, please, please have him record the second half!
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- Mateusz Ziemba
- 02-05-22
Back to adventure
Love it just like "The Three Musketeers". The story of great friendship continues twenty years later and its full of twists and turns and historical background. Highly recommend. Brilliant translation and John Lee does justice to this masterpiece.
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- Tim S WILLIAMS
- 19-05-20
Shame they didnt do the second volume! Returned!
In the introduction it is stated that the book will be published in 2 volumes "Twenty Years After" and "The Son of M'lady". Sadly the second volume has not been released.
I have enjoyed John Lee's readings of the first few Musketeers books and wish he could have continued. Also, I find no fault in the brilliant writing of Dumas or the translation. All excellent but incomplete so I will return it and get a complete version instead.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-10-22
Forgettable
Did finish the book, hoping for a good conclusion to what felt like a chaotic story. I wish I had known it has an open ending. The strength of book one, where you mostly follow D'artagnan's growth, is something I missed in this book. Lastly, the narrator speaks with a lot of fluctuation in volume; this sometimes makes it difficult to hear, let alone follow along easily.
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- Eleanor B-D
- 21-09-22
Very poor reading
The narration is so poor I have to take breaks. It sounds like a robot is reading this rather than a person.
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