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The Vicomte de Bragelonne; Or, Ten Years Later Being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" and "Twenty Years After"

Alexandre Dumas · Public domain text

359,286 words · about 25 h 10 min to read

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Authors
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870), Auguste Maquet (1813–1888)
Language
English
Subjects
Historical fiction, France › History › Louis XIV, 1643-1715 › Fiction, Adventure stories
Length
359,286 words · about 25 h 10 min
Sections
136 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (136)
  1. Opening about 6 min
  2. I. SHOWING WHAT NEITHER THE NAIAD NOR DRYAD HAD ANTICIPATED about 12 min
  3. II. THE NEW GENERAL OF THE JESUITS about 13 min
  4. III. THE STORM about 12 min
  5. IV. THE SHOWER OF RAIN about 17 min
  6. V. TOBY about 12 min
  7. VI. MADAME'S FOUR CHANCES about 10 min
  8. VII. THE LOTTERY about 12 min
  9. VIII. MALAGA about 18 min
  10. IX. A LETTER FROM M. DE BAISEMEAUX about 7 min
  11. Chapter X about 22 min
  12. XI. THE RAT AND THE CHEESE about 10 min
  13. XII. PLANCHET'S COUNTRY-HOUSE about 8 min
  14. XIII. SHOWING WHAT COULD BE SEEN FROM PLANCHET'S HOUSE about 8 min
  15. Chapter XIV about 6 min
  16. XV. THE PRESENTATION OF PORTHOS AT COURT about 5 min
  17. XVI. EXPLANATIONS about 10 min
  18. XVII. MADAME AND GUICHE about 11 min
  19. XVIII. MONTALAIS AND MALICORNE about 12 min
  20. XIX. HOW DE WARDES WAS RECEIVED AT COURT about 16 min
  21. XX. THE COMBAT about 16 min
  22. XXI. THE KING'S SUPPER about 8 min
  23. XXII. AFTER SUPPER about 5 min
  24. Chapter XXIII about 10 min
  25. XXIV. THE ENCOUNTER about 6 min
  26. XXV. THE PHYSICIAN about 6 min
  27. Chapter XXVI about 7 min
  28. XXVII. SHOWING THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING TWO STRINGS TO ONE'S BOW about 16 min
  29. Chapter XXVIII about 7 min
  30. XXIX. THE JOURNEY about 11 min
  31. XXX. TRIUMFEMINATE about 8 min
  32. XXXI. THE FIRST QUARREL about 14 min
  33. XXXII. DESPAIR about 8 min
  34. XXXIII. THE FLIGHT about 9 min
  35. Chapter XXXIV about 8 min
  36. XXXV. THE AMBASSADORS about 11 min
  37. XXXVI. CHAILLOT about 13 min
  38. XXXVII. MADAME about 10 min
  39. XXXVIII. MADEMOISELLE DE LA VALLIERE'S POCKET-HANDKERCHIEF about 7 min
  40. XXXIX. WHICH TREATS OF GARDENERS, OF LADDERS, AND MAIDS OF HONOR about 10 min
  41. Chapter XL about 12 min
  42. XLI. THE PROMENADE BY TORCHLIGHT about 14 min
  43. XLII. THE APPARITION about 11 min
  44. XLIII. THE PORTRAIT about 9 min
  45. XLIV. HAMPTON COURT about 19 min
  46. XLV. THE COURIER FROM MADAME about 14 min
  47. XLVI. SAINT-AIGNAN FOLLOWS MALICORNE'S ADVICE about 7 min
  48. XLVII. TWO OLD FRIENDS about 20 min
  49. Chapter XLVIII about 15 min
  50. XLIX. THE SKIN OF THE BEAR about 8 min
  51. L. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE QUEEN-MOTHER about 14 min
  52. LI. TWO FRIENDS about 9 min
  53. LII. HOW JEAN DE LA FONTAINE WROTE HIS FIRST TALE about 6 min
  54. LIII. LA FONTAINE IN THE CHARACTER OF A NEGOTIATOR about 10 min
  55. LIV. MADAME DE BELLIERE'S PLATE AND DIAMONDS about 6 min
  56. LV. M. DE MAZARIN'S RECEIPT about 11 min
  57. LVI. MONSIEUR COLBERT'S ROUGH DRAFT about 14 min
  58. Chapter LVII about 9 min
  59. LVIII. BRAGELONNE CONTINUES HIS INQUIRIES about 8 min
  60. LIX. TWO JEALOUSIES about 8 min
  61. LX. A DOMICILIARY VISIT about 10 min
  62. LXI. PORTHOS' PLAN OF ACTION about 11 min
  63. LXII. THE CHANGE OF RESIDENCE, THE TRAP-DOOR, AND THE PORTRAIT about 15 min
  64. LXIII. RIVAL POLITICS about 8 min
  65. LXIV. RIVAL AFFECTIONS about 11 min
  66. LXV. KING AND NOBILITY about 11 min
  67. LXVI. AFTER THE STORM about 9 min
  68. LXVII. HEU! MISER! about 7 min
  69. LXVIII. WOUNDS UPON WOUNDS about 9 min
  70. LXIX. WHAT RAOUL HAD GUESSED about 9 min
  71. Chapter LXX about 7 min
  72. Chapter LXXI about 12 min
  73. LXXII. POLITICAL RIVALS about 11 min
  74. Chapter LXXIII about 9 min
  75. LXXIV. M. DE BAISEMEAUX'S "SOCIETY." about 10 min
  76. LXXV. THE PRISONER about 39 min
  77. Chapter LXXVI about 11 min
  78. LXXVII. WHO MESSIRE JOHN PERCERIN WAS about 9 min
  79. LXXVIII. THE PATTERNS about 13 min
  80. Chapter LXXIX about 8 min
  81. LXXX. THE BEEHIVE, THE BEES, AND THE HONEY about 12 min
  82. LXXXI. ANOTHER SUPPER AT THE BASTILLE about 10 min
  83. LXXXII. THE GENERAL OF THE ORDER about 12 min
  84. LXXXIII. THE TEMPTER about 13 min
  85. LXXXIV. CROWN AND TIARA about 12 min
  86. LXXXV. THE CHATEAU DE VAUX-LE-VICOMTE about 8 min
  87. LXXXVI. THE WINE OF MELUN about 8 min
  88. LXXXVII. NECTAR AND AMBROSIA about 7 min
  89. LXXXVIII. A GASCON, AND A GASCON AND A HALF about 17 min
  90. LXXXIX. COLBERT about 9 min
  91. XC. JEALOUSY about 10 min
  92. XCI. HIGH TREASON about 14 min
  93. XCII. A NIGHT AT THE BASTILLE about 11 min
  94. XCIII. THE SHADOW OF M. FOUQUET about 24 min
  95. XCIV. THE MORNING about 12 min
  96. XCV. THE KING'S FRIEND about 23 min
  97. XCVI. SHOWING HOW THE COUNTERSIGN WAS RESPECTED AT THE BASTILLE about 11 min
  98. XCVII. THE KING'S GRATITUDE about 12 min
  99. XCVIII. THE FALSE KING about 15 min
  100. XCIX. IN WHICH PORTHOS THINKS HE IS PURSUING A DUCHY about 8 min
  101. C. THE LAST ADIEUX about 7 min
  102. CI. MONSIEUR DE BEAUFORT about 11 min
  103. CII. PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE about 12 min
  104. CIII. PLANCHET'S INVENTORY about 8 min
  105. CIV. THE INVENTORY OF M. DE BEAUFORT about 9 min
  106. CV. THE SILVER DISH about 11 min
  107. CVI. CAPTIVE AND JAILERS about 14 min
  108. CVII. PROMISES about 18 min
  109. CVIII. AMONG WOMEN about 12 min
  110. CIX. THE LAST SUPPER about 10 min
  111. CX. IN THE CARRIAGE OF M. COLBERT about 10 min
  112. CXI. THE TWO LIGHTERS about 11 min
  113. CXII. FRIENDLY ADVICE about 8 min
  114. CXIII. HOW THE KING, LOUIS XIV., PLAYED HIS LITTLE PART about 12 min
  115. CXIV. THE WHITE HORSE AND THE BLACK HORSE about 12 min
  116. CXV. IN WHICH THE SQUIRREL FALLS--IN WHICH THE ADDER FLIES about 14 min
  117. CXVI. BELLE-ISLE-EN-MER about 13 min
  118. CXVII. THE EXPLANATIONS OF ARAMIS about 16 min
  119. Chapter CXVIII about 4 min
  120. CXIX. THE ANCESTORS OF PORTHOS about 6 min
  121. CXX. THE SON OF BISCARRAT about 8 min
  122. CXXI. THE GROTTO OF LOCMARIA about 9 min
  123. CXXII. THE GROTTO about 12 min
  124. CXXIII. AN HOMERIC SONG about 8 min
  125. CXXIV. THE DEATH OF A TITAN about 10 min
  126. CXXV. THE EPITAPH OF PORTHOS about 10 min
  127. CXXVI. THE ROUND OF M. DE GESVRES about 8 min
  128. CXXVII. KING LOUIS XIV about 12 min
  129. CXXVIII. THE FRIENDS OF M. FOUQUET about 10 min
  130. CXXIX. PORTHOS' WILL about 8 min
  131. CXXX. THE OLD AGE OF ATHOS about 8 min
  132. CXXXI. THE VISION OF ATHOS about 9 min
  133. CXXXII. THE ANGEL OF DEATH about 8 min
  134. CXXXIII. THE BULLETIN about 9 min
  135. CXXXIV. THE LAST CANTO OF THE POEM about 9 min
  136. Epilogue about 36 min

The opening of I. SHOWING WHAT NEITHER THE NAIAD NOR DRYAD HAD ANTICIPATED

Saint-Aignan stopped at the foot of the staircase which led to the entresol, where the maids of honor were lodged, and to the first floor, where Madame's apartments were situated. Then, by means of one of the servants who was passing, he sent to apprise Malicorne, who was still with Monsieur. After having waited ten minutes, Malicorne arrived, looking full of suspicion and importance. The king drew back toward the darkest part of the vestibule. Saint-Aignan, on the contrary, advanced to meet him, but at the first words, indicating his wish, Malicorne drew back abruptly.

"Oh! oh!" he said, "you want me to introduce you into the rooms of the maids of honor?"

"Yes."

"You know very well that I cannot do anything of the kind, without being made acquainted with your object."

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