Три мушкетера

Dyum-father began to publish his most famous historical and adventure novel in the spring of 1844 by separate chapters in the Parisian newspaper Le Seekel. The writer each time skillfully cut off the narrative in the most interesting place. Hundreds of Parisians almost from the night have been stitched by the Gazetchiki boys, so that, literally tearing out from their hands, the sheets still smelling of printing paint, eagerly monitor the adventures of the Gaskonian d’Artagnan and his friends of the musketeers. During the life of Dumas, some intellectuals began to call him a boulevard and lightweight writer. The rest of the French adored him. It is no coincidence that on the pedestal of the monument to the writer, which was installed in 1883. In Paris on the General Square, the Card Square, in addition to D’Artagnan, depicts three Frenchmen who came to the sheets of the Book of Dumas. At the beginning of the XX century. A. I. Kuprin wrote about the work of Dumas: “His novels, despite almost a centenary age, live, contrary to the laws of time and oblivion, with the former unfading force and with the previous good charm as a fairy tale of Andersen, as the“ Uncle Tom’s hut, ”and For many, they will give many quiet and bright minutes in the future. ” These words fully relate to the three musketeers.

The book is decorated with about two hundred and fifty magnificent drawings of Maurice Leluar. The fate itself was destined to become an artist. Maurice was born in the middle of the XIX century. In the family of French painters. His father was a battalist, a mother, a watercolist who illustrated the works of Walter Scott, Victor Hugo and many other writers. Maurice’s grandfather was a talented painter in the maternal side. It is not surprising that young Leloar followed in the footsteps of his parents. He tried himself in different genres, but book illustrations were especially successful. Several generations of the French saw Paris of the XVII century. The eyes of Maurice Leluar. The secret to the success of his drawings to the three musketeers lies in their historical reliability. Leloir scrupulously loomed the details of the architecture, furniture and clothes of that time. Love for accuracy to the artist was instilled in his father Jean-Batist Auguste Leloar. In Paris, he became the founder of the Society of the History of Costume and throughout his life led this circle. In his youth, Maurice examined hundreds of drawings on which the history of his country was captured in the details of clothing and ammunition. He later became the author of the History of the costume from antiquity to 1914, as well as the Dictionary of the costume and its accessories, weapons and fabrics. It is not surprising that illustrations for the three musketeers brought Leluar World Glory. They are historically reliable