The Man in the Iron Mask

By Dumas, Pere Alexandre

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Title:	The Man in the Iron Mask
Author:	Dumas, Pere Alexandre
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
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Excerpt
Introduction: In the months of March?July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. They chronicled the adventures of a young man named D'Artagnan who, upon entering Paris, became almost immediately embroiled in court intrigues, international politics, and ill?fated affairs between royal lovers. Over the next six years, readers would enjoy the adventures of this youth and his three famous friends, Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, as their exploits unraveled behind the scenes of some of the most momentous events in French and even English history.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: The Man in the Iron Mask, 1 -- Alexandre Dumas, Pere, 1 -- Introduction:, 2 -- Chapter I: The Prisoner, 5 -- Chapter II: How Mouston Had Become Fatter without Giving Porthos Notice Thereof, and of the -- Troubles Which Consequently Befell that Worthy Gentleman, 25 -- Chapter III: Who Messire Jean Percerin Was, 31 -- Chapter IV: The Patterns, 35 -- Chapter V: Where, Probably, Moliere Obtained His First Idea of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme, 42 -- Chapter VI: The Bee?Hive, the Bees, and the Honey, 48 -- Chapter VII: Another Supper at the Bastile, 56 -- Chapter VIII: The General of the Order, 62 -- Chapter IX: The Tempter, 68 -- Chapter X: Crown and Tiara, 73 -- Chapter XI: The Chateau de Vaux?le?Vicomte, 78 -- Chapter XII: The Wine of Melun, 81 -- Chapter XIII: Nectar and Ambrosia, 84 -- Chapter XIV: A Gascon, and a Gascon and a Half, 87 -- Chapter XV: Colbert, 97 -- Chapter XVI: Jealousy, 100 -- Chapter XVII: High Treason, 104 -- Chapter XVIII: A Night at the Bastile, 111 -- Chapter XIX: The Shadow of M. Fouquet, 114 -- Chapter XX: The Morning, 125 -- Chapter XXI: The King's Friend, 131 -- Chapter XXII: Showing How the Countersign Was Respected at the Bastile, 144 -- Chapter XXIII: The King's Gratitude, 150 -- Chapter XXIV: The False King, 157 -- Chapter XXV: In Which Porthos Thinks He Is Pursuing a Duchy, 163 -- Chapter XXVI: The Last Adieux, 166 -- Chapter XXVII: Monsieur de Beaufort, 169 -- Chapter XXVIII: Preparations for Departure, 175 -- Chapter XXIX: Planchet's Inventory, 181 -- Chapter XXX: The Inventory of M. de Beaufort, 185 -- Chapter XXXI: The Silver Dish, 188 -- Chapter XXXII: Captive and Jailers, 193 -- Chapter XXXIII: Promises, 200 -- Chapter XXXIV: Among Women, 207 -- Chapter XXXV: The Last Supper, 212 -- Chapter XXXVI: In M. Colbert's Carriage, 218 -- Chapter XXXVII: The Two Lighters, 224 -- Chapter XXXVIII: Friendly Advice, 229 -- Chapter XXXIX: How the King, Louis XIV, Played His Little Part, 233 -- Chapter XL: The White Horse and the Black, 240 -- Chapter XLI: In Which the Squirrel Falls, ?the Adder Flies, 244 -- Chapter XLII: Belle?Ile?en?Mer, 250 -- Chapter XLIII: Explanations by Aramis, 258 -- Chapter XLIV: Result of the Ideas of the King, and the Ideas of D'Artagnan, 265