The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
The novel follows the adventures of d’Artagnan, a young man from Gascony who travels to Paris to join the Musketeers of the Guard. Along the way, he befriends the three musketeers - Athos, Porthos, and Aramis - and together they become embroiled in political intrigue and dangerous adventures involving the queen, Cardinal Richelieu, and a mysterious woman named Milady de Winter.