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Fiction · 1845

Twenty Years After

Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet

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Length
241,794 words · 520 pages
Structure
90 chapters
Language
English
Era
Victorian

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Contents

  1. Chapter I — The Shade of Cardinal Richelieu
  2. Chapter II — A Nightly Patrol
  3. Chapter III — Dead Animosities
  4. Chapter IV — Anne of Austria at the Age of Forty-six
  5. Chapter V — The Gascon and the Italian
  6. Chapter VI — D’Artagnan in his Fortieth Year
  7. Chapter VII
  8. Chapter VIII — D’Artagnan, Going to a Distance to discover Aramis
  9. Chapter IX — The Abbé D’Herblay
  10. Chapter X
  11. Chapter XI — Wealth does not necessarily produce Happiness
  12. Chapter XII — Porthos was Discontented with his Condition
  13. Chapter XIII — Two Angelic Faces
  14. Chapter XIV — The Castle of Bragelonne
  15. Chapter XV — Athos as a Diplomatist
  16. Chapter XVI — The Duc de Beaufort
  17. Chapter XVII — Duc de Beaufort amused his Leisure Hours in the Donjon of Vincennes
  18. Chapter XVIII — Grimaud begins his Functions
  19. Chapter XIX
  20. Chapter XX — One of Marie Michon’s Adventures
  21. Chapter XXI — The Abbé Scarron
  22. Chapter XXII — Saint Denis
  23. Chapter XXIII — One of the Forty Methods of Escape of the Duc de Beaufort
  24. Chapter XXIV — The timely Arrival of D’Artagnan in Paris
  25. Chapter XXV — An Adventure on the High Road
  26. Chapter XXVI — The Rencontre
  27. Chapter XXVII
  28. Chapter XXVIII — The Place Royale
  29. Chapter XXIX — The Ferry across the Oise
  30. Chapter XXX — Skirmishing
  31. Chapter XXXI — The Monk
  32. Chapter XXXII — The Absolution
  33. Chapter XXXIII — Grimaud Speaks
  34. Chapter XXXIV — On the Eve of Battle
  35. Chapter XXXV — A Dinner in the Old Style
  36. Chapter XXXVI — A Letter from Charles the First
  37. Chapter XXXVII — Cromwell’s Letter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII — Henrietta Maria and Mazarin
  39. Chapter XXXIX — How, sometimes, the Unhappy mistake Chance for Providence
  40. Chapter XL — Uncle and Nephew
  41. Chapter XLI — Paternal Affection
  42. Chapter XLII — Another Queen in Want of Help
  43. Chapter XLIII
  44. Chapter XLIV — Te Deum for the Victory of Lens
  45. Chapter XLV — The Beggar of St. Eustache
  46. Chapter XLVI — The Tower of St. Jacques de la Boucherie
  47. Chapter XLVII — The Riot
  48. Chapter XLVIII — The Riot becomes a Revolution
  49. Chapter XLIX — Misfortune refreshes the Memory
  50. Chapter L — The Interview
  51. Chapter LI — The Flight
  52. Chapter LII — The Carriage of Monsieur le Coadjuteur
  53. Chapter LIII — How D’Artagnan and Porthos earned by selling Straw
  54. Chapter LIV
  55. Chapter LV — The Scotchman
  56. Chapter LVI — The Avenger
  57. Chapter LVII — Oliver Cromwell
  58. Chapter LVIII — Jesus Seigneur
  59. Chapter LIX
  60. Chapter LX — Respect to Fallen Majesty
  61. Chapter LXI — D’Artagnan hits on a Plan
  62. Chapter LXII — London
  63. Chapter LXIII — The Trial
  64. Chapter LXIV — Whitehall
  65. Chapter LXV — The Workmen
  66. Chapter LXVI — Remember!
  67. Chapter LXVII — The Man in the Mask
  68. Chapter LXVIII — Cromwell’s House
  69. Chapter LXIX — Conversational
  70. Chapter LXX — The Skiff “Lightning.”
  71. Chapter LXXI — Port Wine
  72. Chapter LXXII — End of the Port Wine Mystery
  73. Chapter LXIII — Fatality
  74. Chapter LXIV
  75. Chapter LXXV — The Return
  76. Chapter LXXVI — The Ambassadors
  77. Chapter LXXVII — The three Lieutenants of the Generalissimo
  78. Chapter LXXVIII — The Battle of Charenton
  79. Chapter LXXIX — The Road to Picardy
  80. Chapter LXXX — The Gratitude of Anne of Austria
  81. Chapter LXXXI — Cardinal Mazarin as King
  82. Chapter LXXXII — Precautions
  83. Chapter LXXXIII — Strength and Sagacity
  84. Chapter LXXXIV — Strength and Sagacity—Continued
  85. Chapter LXXXV — The Oubliettes of Cardinal Mazarin
  86. Chapter LXXXVI — Conferences
  87. Chapter LXXXVII
  88. Chapter LXXXVIII
  89. Chapter LXXXIX — Difficult for Kings to return to the Capitals of their Kingdoms
  90. Chapter XC — Conclusion

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Alexandre Dumas

1802–1870 · Victorian

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) was born at Villers-Cotterêts, the son of a general of the Revolutionary armies who had himself been born in Saint-Domingue to a French nobleman and an enslaved woman. Dumas made his name in the Paris theatre with Henri III et sa cour (1829), then turned to the serial novel, working with collaborators — chiefly Auguste Maquet — on The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both begun in 1844. His remains were moved to the Panthéon in 2002.

Auguste Maquet

1813–1888 · Victorian

Auguste Maquet (1813–1888) was a French writer and Alexandre Dumas’s principal collaborator. From 1839 he supplied plots, historical research and drafts for the great serials, among them The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Vicomte de Bragelonne. He went to law against Dumas for a share of the royalties and for his name on the title pages, and was awarded money but not the credit. He later presided over the Société des gens de lettres.

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