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The Three Musketeers

By Alexandre Dumas

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Cover: On a Terrace (1867) by Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891) · Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0

The Three Musketeers is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in collaboration with ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight for justice.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: The Three Presents of D’Artagnan the Elder
  2. 2: The Antechamber of M. De Tréville
  3. 3: The Audience
  4. 4: The Shoulder of Athos, the Baldric of Porthos and the Handkerchief of Aramis
  5. 5: The King’s Musketeers and the Cardinal’s Guards
  6. 6: His Majesty King Louis Xiii
  7. 7: The Interior of the Musketeers
  8. 8: Concerning a Court Intrigue
  9. 9: D’Artagnan Shows Himself
  10. 10: A Mousetrap in the Seventeenth Century
  11. 11: In Which the Plot Thickens
  12. 12: George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
  13. 13: Monsieur Bonacieux
  14. 14: The Man of Meung
  15. 15: Men of the Robe and Men of the Sword
  16. 16: In Which M. Séguier, Keeper of the Seals, Looks More Than Once for the Bell
  17. 17: Bonacieux at Home
  18. 18: Lover and Husband
  19. 19: Plan of Campaign
  20. 20: The Journey
  21. 21: The Countess De Winter
  22. 22: The Ballet of La Merlaison
  23. 23: The Rendezvous
  24. 24: The Pavilion
  25. 25: Porthos
  26. 26: Aramis and His Thesis
  27. 27: The Wife of Athos
  28. 28: The Return
  29. 29: Hunting for the Equipments
  30. 30: D’Artagnan and the Englishman
  31. 31: English and French
  32. 32: A Procurator’s Dinner
  33. 33: Soubrette and Mistress
  34. 34: In Which the Equipment of Aramis and Porthos Is Treated of
  35. 35: A Gascon a Match for Cupid
  36. 36: Dream of Vengeance
  37. 37: Milady’s Secret
  38. 38: How, Without Incommding Himself, Athos Procures His Equipment
  39. 39: A Vision
  40. 40: A Terrible Vision
  41. 41: The Siege of La Rochelle
  42. 42: The Anjou Wine
  43. 43: The Sign of the Red Dovecot
  44. 44: The Utility of Stovepipes
  45. 45: A Conjugal Scene
  46. 46: The Bastion Saint-Gervais
  47. 47: The Council of the Musketeers
  48. 48: A Family Affair
  49. 49: Fatality
  50. 50: Chat Between Brother and Sister
  51. 51: Officer
  52. 52: Captivity: the First Day
  53. 53: Captivity: the Second Day
  54. 54: Captivity: the Third Day
  55. 55: Captivity: the Fourth Day
  56. 56: Captivity: the Fifth Day
  57. 57: Means for Classical Tragedy
  58. 58: Escape
  59. 59: What Took Place at Portsmouth August 23, 1628
  60. 60: In France
  61. 61: The Carmelite Convent at Béthune
  62. 62: Two Varieties of Demons
  63. 63: The Drop of Water
  64. 64: The Man in the Red Cloak
  65. 65: Trial
  66. 66: Execution
  67. 67: Conclusion