Review 25: The Three Musketeers (Alexander Dumas)

The Three Musketeers is disappointing. Adultery and quick-tempered quarrels over silly honor are the main topics of the book. Adultery and silly dueling are glorified. Here is a false picture of masculinity posing as true. The true man is a 'one woman man' who does not defraud another man via chasing his wife. The true man is slow to anger, not quick-tempered -- he fights not for silly honor, but for real good. A true man is humble, which is something lacking in the character's drawn here.