I am probably an Aramis, though I worry I’ve become a Porthos.

D’artagnan. He was chivalrous to ladies and loyal to his buds to a fault. Even against his own best interests at times. If you read the whole series, including Twenty Years After and Man in the Iron Mask, particularly the latter, he knew Aramis was up to no good and that Porthos was in cahoots, but still had an inner struggle doing his duty to the King, knowing he would be going against his friends. Two of them anyways. Aramis was to shady and self serving, Athos to brooding and love lorn, and Porthos to goofy for my tastes. Great books though.

I didn’t really identify with any of them, but I thought d’Artagnan was meant to be the most sympathetic, as the young initiate who had to break into the service and into the tight threesome.

I read it for the first time only about four years ago and found it to be a lively romantic adventure (“romantic” in the sense of a fictitious tale about heroic exploits and adventures—as well as matters of the heart) and a nice break from my usual reading. It had some serious parts, too, although I don’t know that I would say they depicted real life. I loved the fact that one chapter actually began “It was a dark and stormy night.”

@Jeruba there’s many glimpses of real life in the book. When I said that, I meant something more than quotidian life. Green eggs and ham even harkens to real life, so…

Lovely analysis otherwise. :D