Alexandre DUMAS designates d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis.
" In our prospectus, we named d' Artagnan , Athos , Porthos , and Aramis , but we forgot, dear readers, to tell you what an important place they hold in our editorial team. "
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" In our prospectus, we named d' Artagnan , Athos , Porthos , and Aramis , but we forgot, dear readers, to tell you what an important place they hold in our editorial team. "
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Alexandre Dumas (1802.1870)
Autograph manuscript signed – Four editors of Le Mousquetaire not listed on the program.
Three folio pages on blue paper. Mountings and restorations.
Slnd [1866]
" In our prospectus, we named d' Artagnan , Athos , Porthos , and Aramis , but we forgot, dear readers, to tell you what an important place they hold in our editorial team. "
A formidable manuscript by Alexandre Dumas designating his four musketeers as editors of the eponymous periodical and humorously describing the character traits of each.
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"In our prospectus we named d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, but we forgot, dear readers, to tell you what an important place they hold in our editorial staff.
D'Artagnan – A restless, turbulent, and adventurous spirit, he will meddle greatly in matters that concern him and even a little in those that don't. […] Known for being stubborn, he cannot be denied a kind heart. It is therefore he who will particularly defend widows, orphans, the weak, and the afflicted. […]
Athos – A nobleman, a perfect gentleman. But at the same time, a learned mind with a scholarly memory – a generous heart. He will concern himself particularly with philosophical, scientific, and moral questions […]
Porthos – […] will run the city, haunt the clubs, will not miss a race at Lamarque or Chantilly, not a hunt at Compiègne or St Germain […]
Aramis – as we know, is only a musketeer temporarily. He only fights under duress […]
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From 1853 to 1857, Alexandre Dumas published a newspaper called Le Mousquetaire . He relaunched the title in 1866, using the names of his heroes for this advertisement.