renewed interest in “The Three Musketeers” by Alexandre Dumas

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2023-05-04 22:27:23

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In April, cinema attendance exceeded pre-Covid levels, thanks in particular to the success of The Three Musketeers, which already accounted for nearly 2.5 million admissions. Sales of Alexandre Dumas’ novel have been multiplied by 20.

In a bookstore in the Parisian suburbs, The Three Musketeers left like hot cakes. Alexandre Dumas the return, thanks to the film The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan. Action, a dream cast and a hit at the box office, with already 2.5 million spectators. They liked the movie, so will they read the book? “Maybe to try to recover a lot more information than in the film”said a spectator.

The phenomenon is not new

Since the release of the film, sales of this classic of literature have multiplied by 20. On the tables of booksellers are blooming new editions, D’Artagnan has taken a facelift. A film that makes us want to re-read its classics. The phenomenon is not new. In 2021, the series Lupine explodes sales of the Arsène Lupin saga. Same phenomenon with the film The Lost Illusions, Balzac returns to fashion. A way to bring literature up to date.

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