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Introduction

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A Chronology of Alexandre Dumas

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Author's Preface

1 The Three Presents of M. D'Artagnan, the Father

2 TheAntechamber of M. de Treville

3 TheAudience

4 The Shoulder of Athos, the Belt of Porthos, and the Handkerchief of Aramis

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

6 His Majesty King Louis the Thirteenth

7 The Domestic Manners of the Musketeers

8 The Court Intrigue

9 D'Artagnan Begins to Show Himself

10 A Mousetrap of the Seventeenth Century

11 The Intrigue Becomes Confused

12 George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

13 Monsieur Bonancieux

14 The Man of Meung

15 Civilians and Soldiers

16 In which the Keeper of the Seals, Seguier, looked more than once after the bell, that he might ring it as he had been used to do

17 The Bonancieux Household

18 The Lover and the Husband

19 The Plan of Campaign

20 The Journey

21 The Countess de Winter

22 The Ballet of 'The Merlaison"

23 The Appointment

24 The Pavilion

25 Porthos

26 The Thesis of Aramis

27 The Wife of Athos

28 The Return

29 The Hunt after Equipments

30 'My Lady'

31 English and French

32 An Attorney's Dinner

33 Maid and Mistress

34 Concerning the Equipments of Aramis and Porthos

35 All CatsAre alike Gray in the Dark

36 The Dream of Vengeance

37 The Lady's Secret

38 How, without disturbing himself, Athos obtained his Equipment

39 A Charming Vision

40 A Terrible Vision

41 The Siege of La Rochelle

42 The Wine of Anjou

43 The RedDove-Cot Tavern

44 The Utility of Stove Funnels

45 A Conjugal Scene

46 The Bastion of St. Gervais

47 The Council of the Musketeers

48 A Family Affair

49 Fatality

50 A Chat between a Brother and Sister

51 The Officer

52 The First Day of Imprisonment

53 The Second Day of Imprisonment

54 The Third Day of Imprisonment

55 The Fourth Day of Imprisonment

56 The FiSh Day of Imprisonment

57 An Event in Classical Tragedy

58 The Escape

59 What happened at Portsmouth, on the Twenty-third of August, 1628

6o In France

61 The Carmelite Convent of Bethune

62 Two Kinds of Demons

63 A Drop of Water

64 The Man in the Red Cloak

65 The Judgment

66 The Execution

67 A Message from The Cardinal

The Epilogue

Explanatory Notes