![]() And his dialogue flows as naturally as anything ever written. Alexandre Dumas was brilliant with action, brilliant with humor, and light spirits. Other than that, don't deny yourself this listening pleasure. You might want to consider what will be tolerable to you over an extended listening time. I don't regret choosing his version over Vance's, though, simply because his pacing, his sense of drama, and of humor, are flawless and engaging. And as it's a quite lengthy novel, it became skin-crawling as well. He captures the personalities of each character, spot-on, and not only that: some of his vocal characterizations add to the already rich characters! What keeps him from getting a four-star rating is his oh-so annoying way of pronouncing each name with a hyper-correct and painful enunciation with extreme inflections. John Lee's performance seemed more rollicking, more exciting. I chose him as a narrator because, even though I adore Simon Vance, the sample just told me that I'd be nodding off somewhere along the way. And though John Lee doesn't earn a four-star rating, it was wonderful to listen to. ![]() How can anyone NOT like The Three Musketeers?!? I read this when I was creeping up on adolescence, and it's as irresistible now as it was then. ![]()
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