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Twenty Years After

Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet (1802–1870)

91 chapters and parts · about 20 hours to read

What the book is about

"Twenty years after" by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is a novel serialized from January to August 1845. D'Artagnan, still a lowly lieutenant after two decades, is summoned by the despised Cardinal Mazarin during France's brewing rebellion. Tasked with reuniting the legendary musketeers, he tracks down his old friends—now scattered across vastly different lives. As political turmoil engulfs both France and England during the English Civil War, the four heroes must navigate their conflicting loyalties and set aside their differences for one last mission.

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  • France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715

Chapters

  1. Opening pagesabout 3 minutes
  2. Chapter IThe Shade of Cardinal Richelieuabout 18 minutes
  3. Chapter IIA Nightly Patrolabout 15 minutes
  4. Chapter IIIDead Animositiesabout 24 minutes
  5. Chapter IVAnne of Austria at the Age of Forty-sixabout 16 minutes
  6. Chapter VThe Gascon and the Italianabout 8 minutes
  7. Chapter VID’Artagnan in his Fortieth Yearabout 23 minutes
  8. Chapter VIITouches upon the Strange Effects a Half-pistole may haveabout 11 minutes
  9. Chapter VIIID’Artagnan, Going to a Distance to discover Aramisabout 12 minutes
  10. Chapter IXThe Abbé D’Herblayabout 29 minutes
  11. Chapter XMonsieur Porthos du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefondsabout 10 minutes
  12. Chapter XIWealth does not necessarily produce Happinessabout 13 minutes
  13. Chapter XIIPorthos was Discontented with his Conditionabout 9 minutes
  14. Chapter XIIITwo Angelic Facesabout 12 minutes
  15. Chapter XIVThe Castle of Bragelonneabout 10 minutes
  16. Chapter XVAthos as a Diplomatistabout 15 minutes
  17. Chapter XVIThe Duc de Beaufortabout 9 minutes
  18. Chapter XVIIDuc de Beaufort amused his Leisure Hours in the Donjon of Vincennesabout 14 minutes
  19. Chapter XVIIIGrimaud begins his Functionsabout 16 minutes
  20. Chapter XIXPâtés made by the Successor of Father Marteau are describedabout 14 minutes
  21. Chapter XXOne of Marie Michon’s Adventuresabout 20 minutes
  22. Chapter XXIThe Abbé Scarronabout 18 minutes
  23. Chapter XXIISaint Denisabout 12 minutes
  24. Chapter XXIIIOne of the Forty Methods of Escape of the Duc de Beaufortabout 18 minutes
  25. Chapter XXIVThe timely Arrival of D’Artagnan in Parisabout 12 minutes
  26. Chapter XXVAn Adventure on the High Roadabout 9 minutes
  27. Chapter XXVIThe Rencontreabout 13 minutes
  28. Chapter XXVIIThe four old Friends prepare to meet againabout 13 minutes
  29. Chapter XXVIIIThe Place Royaleabout 9 minutes
  30. Chapter XXIXThe Ferry across the Oiseabout 17 minutes
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  1. Chapter XXXSkirmishingabout 11 minutes
  2. Chapter XXXIThe Monkabout 17 minutes
  3. Chapter XXXIIThe Absolutionabout 9 minutes
  4. Chapter XXXIIIGrimaud Speaksabout 9 minutes
  5. Chapter XXXIVOn the Eve of Battleabout 18 minutes
  6. Chapter XXXVA Dinner in the Old Styleabout 12 minutes
  7. Chapter XXXVIA Letter from Charles the Firstabout 9 minutes
  8. Chapter XXXVIICromwell’s Letterabout 12 minutes
  9. Chapter XXXVIIIHenrietta Maria and Mazarinabout 10 minutes
  10. Chapter XXXIXHow, sometimes, the Unhappy mistake Chance for Providenceabout 13 minutes
  11. Chapter XLUncle and Nephewabout 7 minutes
  12. Chapter XLIPaternal Affectionabout 14 minutes
  13. Chapter XLIIAnother Queen in Want of Helpabout 19 minutes
  14. Chapter XLIIIIn which it is proved that first Impulses are oftentimes the bestabout 12 minutes
  15. Chapter XLIVTe Deum for the Victory of Lensabout 27 minutes
  16. Chapter XLVThe Beggar of St. Eustacheabout 18 minutes
  17. Chapter XLVIThe Tower of St. Jacques de la Boucherieabout 10 minutes
  18. Chapter XLVIIThe Riotabout 13 minutes
  19. Chapter XLVIIIThe Riot becomes a Revolutionabout 20 minutes
  20. Chapter XLIXMisfortune refreshes the Memoryabout 10 minutes
  21. Chapter LThe Interviewabout 11 minutes
  22. Chapter LIThe Flightabout 17 minutes
  23. Chapter LIIThe Carriage of Monsieur le Coadjuteurabout 22 minutes
  24. Chapter LIIIHow D’Artagnan and Porthos earned by selling Strawabout 14 minutes
  25. Chapter LIVIn which we hear Tidings of Aramisabout 16 minutes
  26. Chapter LVThe Scotchmanabout 14 minutes
  27. Chapter LVIThe Avengerabout 14 minutes
  28. Chapter LVIIOliver Cromwellabout 8 minutes
  29. Chapter LVIIIJesus Seigneurabout 21 minutes
  30. Chapter LIXNoble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetitesabout 13 minutes
  31. Chapter LXRespect to Fallen Majestyabout 12 minutes
  32. Chapter LXID’Artagnan hits on a Planabout 25 minutes
  33. Chapter LXIILondonabout 9 minutes
  34. Chapter LXIIIThe Trialabout 14 minutes
  35. Chapter LXIVWhitehallabout 14 minutes
  36. Chapter LXVThe Workmenabout 11 minutes
  37. Chapter LXVIRemember!about 9 minutes
  38. Chapter LXVIIThe Man in the Maskabout 12 minutes
  39. Chapter LXVIIICromwell’s Houseabout 9 minutes
  40. Chapter LXIXConversationalabout 11 minutes
  41. Chapter LXXThe Skiff “Lightning.”about 15 minutes
  42. Chapter LXXIPort Wineabout 12 minutes
  43. Chapter LXXIIEnd of the Port Wine Mysteryabout 7 minutes
  44. Chapter LXIIIFatalityabout 11 minutes
  45. Chapter LXIVHow Mousqueton had a Narrow Escape of being eatenabout 11 minutes
  46. Chapter LXXVThe Returnabout 10 minutes
  47. Chapter LXXVIThe Ambassadorsabout 12 minutes
  48. Chapter LXXVIIThe three Lieutenants of the Generalissimoabout 17 minutes
  49. Chapter LXXVIIIThe Battle of Charentonabout 13 minutes
  50. Chapter LXXIXThe Road to Picardyabout 12 minutes
  51. Chapter LXXXThe Gratitude of Anne of Austriaabout 8 minutes
  52. Chapter LXXXICardinal Mazarin as Kingabout 8 minutes
  53. Chapter LXXXIIPrecautionsabout 9 minutes
  54. Chapter LXXXIIIStrength and Sagacityabout 14 minutes
  55. Chapter LXXXIVStrength and Sagacity—Continuedabout 13 minutes
  56. Chapter LXXXVThe Oubliettes of Cardinal Mazarinabout 7 minutes
  57. Chapter LXXXVIConferencesabout 9 minutes
  58. Chapter LXXXVIIThinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captainabout 13 minutes
  59. Chapter LXXXVIIIShows how with Threat and Pen more is effected than by the Swordabout 24 minutes
  60. Chapter LXXXIXDifficult for Kings to return to the Capitals of their Kingdomsabout 17 minutes
  61. Chapter XCConclusionabout 4 minutes

Twenty Years After, by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #1259, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.

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