The Man in the Iron Mask,9780192838421

The Man in the Iron Mask

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780192838421
ISBN10: 0192838423
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-10-22
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

This perennial classic has thrilled readers for nearly 150 years, and continues to enchant. The Three Musketeers and their daring captain d'Artagnan return in a rousing tale of intrigue and adventure which pits the Musketeers against one another and tests their famous code of "one for all and all for one". Afterword by renowned folklore specialist Jack Zipes.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix(15)
Select Bibliography xxiv(1)
A Chronology of Alexandre Dumas xxv
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
1. TWO OLD FRIENDS
1(12)
2. WHEREIN MAY BE SEEN THAT A BARGAIN WHICH CANNOT BE MADE WITH ONE PERSON, CAN BE CARRIED OUT WITH ANOTHER
13(9)
3. THE SKIN OF THE BEAR
22(6)
4. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE QUEEN-MOTHER
28(8)
5. TWO FRIENDS
36(6)
6. HOW JEAN DE LA FONTAINE WROTE HIS FIRST TALE
42(4)
7. LA FONTAINE IN THE CHARACTER OF A NEGOTIATOR
46(6)
8. MADAME DE BELLIERE'S PLATE AND DIAMONDS
52(3)
9. M. DE MAZARIN'S RECEIPT
55(7)
10. MONSIEUR COLBERT'S ROUGH DRAFT
62(8)
11. IN WHICH THE AUTHOR THINKS IT IS NOW TIME TO RETURN TO THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE
70(5)
12. BRAGELONNE CONTINUES HIS INQUIRIES
75(5)
13. TWO JEALOUSIES
80(5)
14. A DOMICILIARY VISIT
85(6)
15. PORTHOS'S PLAN OF ACTION
91(7)
16. THE CHANGE OF RESIDENCE, THE TRAP-DOOR, AND THE PORTRAIT
98(9)
17. RIVAL POLITICS
107(4)
18. RIVAL AFFECTIONS
111(7)
19. KING AND NOBILITY
118(7)
20. AFTER THE STORM
125(5)
21. HEU! MISER!
130(3)
22. WOUNDS UPON WOUNDS
133(5)
23. WHAT RAOUL HAD GUESSED
138(5)
24. THREE GUESTS ASTONISHED TO FIND THEMSELVES AT SUPPER TOGETHER
143(5)
25. WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE LOUVRE DURING THE SUPPER AT THE BASTILLE
148(6)
26. POLITICAL RIVALS
154(1)
26. POLITICAL RIVALS
154(7)
27. IN WHICH PORTHOS IS CONVINCED WITHOUT HAVING UNDERSTOOD ANYTHING
161(6)
28. M. DE BAISEMEAUX'S "SOCIETY"
167(6)
29. THE PRISONER
173(23)
30. HOW MOUSTON HAD BECOME FATTER WITHOUT GIVING PORTHOS NOTICE THEREOF, AND OF THE TROUBLES WHICH CONSEQUENTLY BEFELL THAT WORTHY GENTLEMAN
196(6)
31. WHO MESSIRE JEAN PERCERIN WAS
202(6)
32. THE PATTERNS
208(8)
33. WHERE, PROBABLY, MOLIERE FORMED HIS FIRST IDEA OF THE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME
216(5)
34. THE BEEHIVE, THE BEES, AND THE HONEY
221(8)
35. ANOTHER SUPPER AT THE BASTILLE
229(6)
36. THE GENERAL OF THE ORDER
235(7)
37. THE TEMPTER
242(7)
38. CROWN AND TIARA
249(7)
39. THE CHATEAU DE VAUX-LE-VICOMTE
256(4)
40. THE WINE OF MELUN
260(5)
41. NECTAR AND AMBROSIA
265(4)
42. A GASCON, AND A GASCON AND A HALF
269(10)
43. COLBERT
279(6)
44. JEALOUSY
285(5)
45. HIGH TREASON
290(8)
46. A NIGHT AT THE BASTILLE
298(6)
47. THE SHADOW OF M. FOUQUET
304(13)
48. THE MORNING
317(7)
49. THE KING'S FRIEND
324(14)
50. SHOWING HOW THE COUNTERSIGN WAS RESPECTED AT THE BASTILLE
338(6)
51. THE KING'S GRATITUDE
344(8)
52. THE FALSE KING
352(8)
53. IN WHICH PORTHOS THINKS HE IS PURSUING A DUCHY
360(4)
54. THE LAST ADIEUX
364(4)
55. MONSIEUR DE BEAUFORT
368(7)
56. PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE
375(7)
57. PLANCHET'S INVENTORY
382(4)
58. THE INVENTORY OF M. DE BEAUFORT
386(5)
59. THE SILVER DISH
391(7)
60. CAPTIVE AND JAILERS
398(8)
61. PROMISES
406(9)
62. AMONG WOMEN
415(7)
63. THE LAST SUPPER
422(7)
64. IN THE CARRIAGE OF M. COLBERT
429(6)
65. THE TWO LIGHTERS
435(6)
66. FRIENDLY ADVICE
441(5)
67. HOW THE KING, LOUIS XIV., PLAYED HIS LITTLE PART
446(8)
68. THE WHITE HORSE AND THE BLACK HORSE
454(6)
69. IN WHICH THE SQUIRREL FALLS--IN WHICH THE ADDER FLIES
460(8)
70. BELLE-ISLE-EN-MER
468(8)
71. THE EXPLANATIONS OF ARAMIS
476(9)
72. RESULT OF THE IDEAS OF THE KING, AND THE IDEAS OF D'ARTAGNAN
485(2)
73. THE ANCESTORS OF PORTHOS
487(4)
74. THE SON OF BISCARRAT
491(5)
75. THE GROTTO OF LOCMARIA
496(5)
76. THE GROTTO
501(7)
77. AN HOMERIC SONG
508(4)
78. THE DEATH OF A TITAN
512(5)
79. THE EPITAPH OF PORTHOS
517(6)
80. THE ROUND OF M. DE GESVRES
523(5)
81. KING LOUIS XIV.
528(6)
82. THE FRIENDS OF M. FOUQUET
534(6)
83. PORTHOS'S WILL
540(4)
84. THE OLD AGE OF ATHOS
544(5)
85. THE VISION OF ATHOS
549(5)
86. THE ANGEL OF DEATH
554(4)
87. THE BULLETIN
558(5)
88. THE LAST CANTO OF THE POEM
563(5)
EPILOGUE 568(16)
THE DEATH OF D'ARTAGNAN 584(5)
Explanatory Notes 589

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