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Twenty Years After

Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet

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Length
241,901 words · 662 pages in print
Structure
90 chapters · 1 front-matter section
Language
English
Era
Victorian

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Contents

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

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Alexandre Dumas

1802–1870 · Victorian

A Bibliomancer biography of Alexandre Dumas is in preparation. See all their books.

Auguste Maquet

1813–1888 · Victorian

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