The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers


The Three Musketeers was published in 1844, about the adventures of d'Artagnan, who travels to Paris to join the Musketeers of the Guard, named Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Dumas' historic adventure novel celebrates fighting injustices and absurdities of the Old Regime, at a time when animosity between French republicans and monarchists was still fierce.


Table of Contents

1. The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder

2. The Antechamber of M. De Treville

3. The Audience

4. The Shoulder of Athos, the Baldric of Porthos and the Handkerchief of Aramis

5. The King's Musketeers and the Cardinal's Guards

6. His Majesty King Louis XIII

7. The Interior of "The Musketeers"

8. Concerning a Court Intrigue

9. D'Artagnan Shows Himself

10. A Mousetrap in the Seventeenth Century

11. In which the Plot Thickens

12. George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

13. Monsieur Bonacieux

14. The Man of Meung

15. Men of the Robe and Men of the Sword

17. Bonacieux at Home

18. Lover And Husband

19. Plan of Campaign

20. The Journey

21. The Countess de Winter

22. The Ballet of La Merlaison

23. The Rendezvous

24. The Pavilion

25. Porthos

26. Aramis and his Thesis

27. The Wife of Athos

28. The Return

29. Hunting for the Equipments

30. D'Artagnan and the Englishman

31. English and French

32. A Procurator's Dinner

33. Soubrette and Mistress

34. In which the Equipment of Aramis and Porthos is Treated Of

35. A Gascon a Match for Cupid

36. Dream of Vengeance

37. Milady's Secret

38. How, without Incommoding Himself, Athos Procured his Equipment

39. A Vision

40. A Terrible Vision

41. The Seige of La Rochelle

42. The Anjou Wine

43. The Sign of the Red Dovecot

44. The Utility of Stovepipes

45. A Conjugal Scene

46. The Bastion Saint-Gervais

47. The Council of the Musketeers

48. A Family Affair

49. Fatality

50. Chat Between Brother and Sister

51. Officer

52. Captivity: The First Day

53. Captivity: The Second Day

54. Captivity: The Third Day

55. Captivity: The Fourth Day

56. Captivity: The Fifth Day

57. Means for Classical Tragedy

58. Escape

59. What Took Place at Portsmouth

60. In France

61. The Carmelite Convent at Bethune

62. Two Varieties of Demons

63. The Drop of Water

64. The Man in the Red Cloak

65. Trial

66. Execution

67. Conclusion

Epilogue

Return to the Alexandre Dumas library.

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