The voices of The Three Musketeers
18 voices in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. Every one is a separate voice, cast to the character as written.
- Narrator — Omniscient third-person narrator of this swashbuckling 17th-century adventure. Lively, ironic, and authoritative — the voice of Alexandre Dumas himself, relishing every duel and intrigue.
- d'Artagnan — A young Gascon from the provinces, barely eighteen, arriving in Paris with three coins, an old horse, and boundless ambition. Quick-tempered, brave to the point of recklessness, fiercely loyal, and irresistibly charming.
- Athos — The most noble and brooding of the three musketeers. A man of aristocratic bearing hiding a shattered past — the finest swordsman of them all, deeply melancholic, and capable of great coldness.
- Porthos — The largest and most boastful of the musketeers. Vain about his appearance, his equipments, and his imaginary wealth. Hearty, loud, good-natured, and genuinely formidable in a fight.
- Aramis — The most refined and secretive of the three musketeers. Elegant, religious, and perpetually on the verge of abandoning soldiering for the priesthood. His piety is genuine but coexists comfortably with intrigue and violence.
- Milady de Winter — Cardinal Richelieu's most dangerous agent — beautiful, ruthless, and utterly without mercy. She has been a thief, a poisoner, and a seductress. Bears the brand of a fleur-de-lis on her shoulder. Capable of convincing any man of anything.
- Cardinal Richelieu — The most powerful man in France — the Cardinal and chief minister who effectively rules the kingdom. Coldly brilliant, implacable, and utterly ruthless in the service of the state. Respects ability even in his enemies.
- M. de Tréville — The captain of the King's Musketeers — a Gascon himself, fierce with honor, ferociously loyal to his men, and skilled at navigating the treacherous politics of Louis XIII's court.
- Mme Bonacieux — Constance Bonacieux — d'Artagnan's great love, the queen's seamstress. Young, pretty, brave, and entirely caught up in intrigue she barely understands. Loyal to the queen above all.
- Planchet — D'Artagnan's lackey and servant — a Picard by birth, cheerful, gossipy, and fundamentally cowardly but capable of extraordinary acts of loyalty when the moment demands it.
- Buckingham — George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham — the most powerful lord in England and the queen's secret admirer. Handsome, gallant, recklessly in love, and politically dangerous.
- Kitty — Milady de Winter's young chambermaid — secretly infatuated with d'Artagnan, which leads her to betray her mistress. Timid but devoted.
- Lord de Winter — An English nobleman — Milady's brother-in-law, who imprisons her at his estate after recognizing her as the murderess of his brother. Wary and determined.
- Felton — Lieutenant Felton — a Puritan soldier serving Lord de Winter, appointed to guard Milady. Deeply religious, rigidly principled, and ultimately no match for Milady's manipulation.
- Rochefort — The man from Meung — Richelieu's personal agent, cold-eyed and relentless. D'Artagnan's recurring nemesis. Bears a scar on his cheek.
- Grimaud — Athos's taciturn manservant — trained by his master to communicate in grunts and single syllables. Entirely loyal and nearly mute by habit.
- Mousqueton — Porthos's servant — plump, food-obsessed, and devoted to his flamboyant master. Resourceful at procuring meals and equipment.
- Bazin — Aramis's servant — pious, slow, and perpetually disapproving of his master's soldierly life. Expects Aramis to enter holy orders any day and is always disappointed.