The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas is no writer of short stories. He writes long stories, filled with detail, and he writes them well.
The Three Musketeers is about d'Artagnan, the intrigues he gets mixed up in and how he meets and becomes a musketeer.
D'Artagnan is determined to become a musketeer and while trying to deliver his letter of recommendation to Monsieur Treville, he is attacked and the letter is stolen. He makes it Treville and explains that he had a letter, but it was stolen. Treville places him in the gaurds instead, under the command of his brother.
Meanwhile, he meets Athos (he was injured and d'Artagnan ran into him), Porthos (he had a gold sash and d'Artagnan ran into him and discovered it was only half gold) and Aramis (d'Artagnan noticed he was standing on a white, embroidered handkerchief and pulled it out from under his foot, forcefully, and thoroughly embarrassed Aramis in front of his guests), and is challenged to a duel by each one of them.
Long story short, (635 pages), d'Artagnan is accepted by Athos, Porthos and Aramis and becomes a very close friend to each of them, meanwhile discovering that the two women he loves are not what they appear.
The last scene with Lady de Winter is a moving one, very emotional.
The book is very unlike the 1993 movie, (which was awesome, dont get me wrong), but the book shows a completely different storyline and characters.
I highly recommend this book if your looking for a good old romantic adventure book.

I will update my reading list when I decide what I'm going to read next.