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Introduction

Chapter I. In which D’Artagnan finishes by at Length placing his Hand upon his Captain’s Commission.

Chapter II. A Lover and His Mistress.

Chapter III. In Which We at Length See the True Heroine of this History

Chapter IV. Malicorne and Manicamp.

Chapter V: Manicamp and Malicorne.

Chapter VI. The Courtyard of the Hotel Grammont.

Chapter VII. The Portrait of Madame.

Chapter VIII. Le Havre.

Chapter IX. At Sea.

Chapter X. The Tents.

Chapter XI. Night.

Chapter XII. From Le Havre to Paris.

Chapter XIII. An Account of what the Chevalier de Lorraine Thought of Madame.

Chapter XIV. A Surprise for Raoul.

Chapter XV. The Consent of Athos.

Chapter XVI. Monsieur Becomes Jealous of the Duke of Buckingham.

Chapter XVII. Forever!

Chapter XVIII. King Louis XIV. does not think Mademoiselle de la Valliere rich enough

Chapter XIX. Sword-Thrusts in the Water.

Chapter XX. Sword-Thrusts in the Water (concluded).

Chapter XXI. Baisemeaux de Montlezun.

Chapter XXII. The King’s Card-Table.

Chapter XXIII. M. Baisemeaux de Montlezun’s Accounts.

Chapter XXIV. The Breakfast at Monsieur de Baisemeaux’s.

Chapter XXV. The Second Floor of la Bertaudiere.

Chapter XXVI. The Two Friends.

Chapter XXVII. Madame de Belliere’s Plate.

Chapter XXVIII. The Dowry.

Chapter XXIX. Le Terrain de Dieu.

Chapter XXX. Threefold Love.

Chapter XXXI. M. de Lorraine’s Jealousy.

Chapter XXXII. Monsieur is Jealous of Guiche.

Chapter XXXIII. The Mediator.

Chapter XXXIV. The Advisers.

Chapter XXXV. Fontainebleau.

Chapter XXXVI. The Bath.

Chapter XXXVII. The Butterfly-Chase.

Chapter XXXVIII. What Was Caught after the Butterflies.

Chapter XXXIX. The Ballet of the Seasons.

Chapter XL: The Nymphs of the Park of Fontainebleau.

Chapter XLI. What Was Said under the Royal Oak.

Chapter XLII. The King’s Uneasiness.

Chapter XLIII. The King’s Secret.

Chapter XLIV. Courses de Nuit.

Chapter XLV. In Which Madame Acquires a Proof that Listeners Hear What Is Said.

Chapter XLVI. Aramis’s Correspondence.

Chapter XLVII. The Orderly Clerk.

Chapter XLVIII. Fontainebleau at Two o’Clock in the Morning.

Chapter XLIX. The Labyrinth.

Chapter L: How Malicorne Had Been Turned Out of the Hotel of the Beau Paon.

Chapter LI. What Actually Occurred at the Inn Called the Beau Paon.

Chapter LII. A Jesuit of the Eleventh Year.

Chapter LIII. The State Secret.

Chapter LIV. A Mission.

Chapter LV. Happy as a Prince.

Chapter LVI. Story of a Dryad and a Naiad.

Chapter LVII. Conclusion of the Story of a Naiad and of a Dryad.

Chapter LVIII. Royal Psychology.

Chapter LIX. Something That neither Naiad nor Dryad Foresaw.

Chapter LX. The New General of the Jesuits.

Chapter LXI. The Storm.

Chapter LXII. The Shower of Rain.

Chapter LXIII. Toby.

Chapter LXIV. Madame’s Four Chances.

Chapter LXV. The Lottery.

Footnotes


Transcriber’s Notes:

The Vicomte de Bragelonne is the final volume of D’Artagnan Romances: it is usually split into three or four parts, and the final portion is entitled The Man in the Iron Mask. The Man in the Iron Mask we’re familiar with today is the last volume of the four-volume edition. [Not all the editions split them in the same manner, hence some of the confusion...but wait...there’s yet more reason for confusion.]

We intend to do ALL of The Vicomte de Bragelonne, split into four etexts entitled The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Ten Years Later, Louise de la Valliere, and The Man in the Iron Mask; you WILL be getting The Man in the Iron Mask.

One thing that may be causing confusion is that the etext we have now, entitled Ten Years Later, says it’s the sequel to The Three Musketeers. While this is technically true, there’s another book, Twenty Years After, that comes between. The confusion is generated by the two facts that we published Ten Years Later BEFORE we published Twenty Years After, and that many people see those titles as meaning Ten and Twenty Years “After” the original story...however, this is why the different words “After” and “Later”...the Ten Years “After” is ten years after the Twenty Years later...as per history. Also, the third book of the D’Artagnan Romances, while entitled The Vicomte de Bragelonne, has the subtitle Ten Years Later. These two titles are also given to different volumes: The Vicomte de Bragelonne can refer to the whole book, or the first volume of the three or four-volume editions. Ten Years Later can, similarly, refer to the whole book, or the second volume of the four-volume edition. To add to the confusion, in the case of our etexts, it refers to the first 104 chapters of the whole book, covering material in the first and second etexts in the new series. Here is a guide to the series which may prove helpful:

The Three Musketeers: Etext 1257—First book of the D’Artagnan Romances. Covers the years 1625-1628.

Twenty Years After: Etext 1259—Second book of the D’Artagnan Romances. Covers the years 1648-1649. [Third in the order that we published, but second in time sequence!!!]

Ten Years Later: Etext 1258—First 104 chapters of the third book of the D’Artagnan Romances. Covers the years 1660-1661.

The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Etext 2609 (first in the new series)—First 75 chapters of the third book of the D’Artagnan Romances. Covers the year 1660.

Ten Years Later: Etext 2681 (our new etext)—Chapters 76-140 of that third book of the D’Artagnan Romances. Covers the years 1660-1661. [In this particular editing of it]

Louise de la Valliere: forthcoming (our next etext)—Chapters 141-208 of the third book of the D’Artagnan Romances. Covers the year 1661.

The Man in the Iron Mask: forthcoming (following)—Chapters 209-269 of the third book of the D’Artagnan Romances. Covers the years 1661-1673.

If we’ve calculated correctly, that fourth text SHOULD correspond to the modern editions of The Man in the Iron Mask, which is still widely circulated, and comprises about the last 1/4 of The Vicomte de Bragelonne.

Here is a list of the other Dumas Etexts we have published so far:

Sep 1999 La Tulipe Noire, by Alexandre Dumas[Pere#6/French][tlpnrxxx.xxx]1910 This is an abridged edition in French, also see our full length English Etext Jul 1997 The Black Tulip, by Alexandre Dumas[Pere][Dumas#1][tbtlpxxx.xxx] 965 Jan 1998 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas[Pere][crstoxxx.xxx]1184

Many thanks to Dr. David Coward, whose editions of the D’Artagnan Romances have proved an invaluable source of information.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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