Gustav Klimt The Kiss (Le Baiser _ Il Baccio) painting
Guillaume Seignac L'Abandon painting
Exceptionally famous and inspiring not only two sequels but Hollywood and television adaptations, Dumas?novel The Three Musketeers - published 1844-5 - remains extremely popular and influential to this day. It is the story of a young Gascon gentleman, D扐rtagnan, who sets out to Paris with only an old horse, his father抯 letter of recommendation to the head of the King抯 Musketeers and a recipe for a miracle wound-healing salve. Although D扐rtagnan loses the letter and sells the horse he is allowed entrance into the Musketeers but must wait an interminably long time to join in full. During this time he tactlessly insults three of the musketeers who challenge him to duels at hourly intervals the next day which he attends showing great courage. When they are warned by the Cardinal抯 Guards of a law against duelling the musketeers and D扐rtagnan join together and easily defeat their provocateurs. The youth is accepted into Athos, Porthos and Aramis?ranks and they become inseparable friends
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