A perfect first illustrated introduction to the classic story for younger readers The Three Musketeers has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it suitable for sharing with young children, while retaining all the key parts of the story of d"Artagnan and of course Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was a French writer and is best known for The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers .