The Three Musketeers

1844

Dumas's 1844 novel of d'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris with a yellow horse and a letter of introduction and fights three duels on his first afternoon. With Athos, Porthos and Aramis he is drawn into the quarrel between Richelieu, the queen and Milady.

Author’s Preface
Chapter I The Three Presents of D’artagnan the Elder
Chapter II The Antechamber of M. De Tréville
Chapter III The Audience
Chapter IV
Chapter V The King’s Musketeers and the Cardinal’s Guards
Chapter VI His Majesty King Louis XIII
Chapter VII The Interior of the Musketeers
Chapter VIII Concerning a Court Intrigue
Chapter IX D’artagnan Shows Himself
Chapter X A Mousetrap in the Seventeenth Century
Chapter XI In Which the Plot Thickens
Chapter XII George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Chapter XIII Monsieur Bonacieux
Chapter XIV The Man of Meung
Chapter XV Men of the Robe and Men of the Sword
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII Bonacieux at Home
Chapter XVIII Lover and Husband
Chapter XIX Plan of Campaign
Chapter XX The Journey
Chapter XXI The Countess De Winter
Chapter XXII The Ballet of La Merlaison
Chapter XXIII The Rendezvous
Chapter XXIV The Pavilion
Chapter XXV Porthos
Chapter XXVI Aramis and His Thesis
Chapter XXVII The Wife of Athos
Chapter XXVIII The Return
Chapter XXIX Hunting for the Equipments
Chapter XXX D’artagnan and the Englishman
Chapter XXXI English and French
Chapter XXXII A Procurator’s Dinner
Chapter XXXIII Soubrette and Mistress
Chapter XXXIV In Which the Equipment of Aramis and Porthos Is Treated Of
Chapter XXXV A Gascon a Match for Cupid
Chapter XXXVI Dream of Vengeance
Chapter XXXVII Milady’s Secret
Chapter XXXVIII How, Without Incommoding Himself, Athos Procures His Equipment
Chapter XXXIX A Vision
Chapter XL A Terrible Vision
Chapter XLI The Siege of La Rochelle
Chapter XLII The Anjou Wine
Chapter XLIII The Sign of the Red Dovecot
Chapter XLIV The Utility of Stovepipes
Chapter XLV A Conjugal Scene
Chapter XLVI The Bastion Saint-Gervais
Chapter XLVII The Council of the Musketeers
Chapter XLVIII A Family Affair
Chapter XLIX Fatality
Chapter L Chat Between Brother and Sister
Chapter LI Officer
Chapter LII Captivity: the First Day
Chapter LIII Captivity: the Second Day
Chapter LIV Captivity: the Third Day
Chapter LV Captivity: the Fourth Day
Chapter LVI Captivity: the Fifth Day
Chapter LVII Means for Classical Tragedy
Chapter LVIII Escape
Chapter LIX
Chapter LX In France
Chapter LXI The Carmelite Convent at Béthune
Chapter LXII Two Varieties of Demons
Chapter LXIII The Drop of Water
Chapter LXIV The Man in the Red Cloak
Chapter LXV Trial
Chapter LXVI Execution
Chapter LXVII Conclusion
Epilogue