The Three Musketeers

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In which it is proved that, notwithstanding their names’ ending in _os_ and _is_, the heroes of the story which we are about to have the honor to relate to our readers have nothing mythological about them.…

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• AuthorAlexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
• SourceProject Gutenberg #1257
• Length223,966 words · 14h 56m of reading
• Chapters68
• DictionaryIncluded
• CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
• Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

68 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

1. 01First Volume of the D’Artagnan Series
2. 02Chapter I. THE THREE PRESENTS OF D’ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
3. 03Chapter II. THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TRÉVILLE
4. 04Chapter III. THE AUDIENCE
5. 05Chapter V. THE KING’S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL’S GUARDS
6. 06Chapter VI. HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII.
7. 07Chapter VII. THE INTERIOR OF THE MUSKETEERS
8. 08Chapter VIII. CONCERNING A COURT INTRIGUE
9. 09Chapter IX. D’ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF
10. 10Chapter X. A MOUSETRAP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
11. 11Chapter XI. IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS
12. 12Chapter XII. GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
13. 13Chapter XIII. MONSIEUR BONACIEUX
14. 14Chapter XIV. THE MAN OF MEUNG
15. 15Chapter XV. MEN OF THE ROBE AND MEN OF THE SWORD
16. 16Chapter XVII. BONACIEUX AT HOME
17. 17Chapter XVIII. LOVER AND HUSBAND
18. 18Chapter XIX. PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
19. 19Chapter XX. THE JOURNEY
20. 20Chapter XXI. THE COUNTESS DE WINTER
21. 21Chapter XXII. THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON
22. 22Chapter XXIII. THE RENDEZVOUS
23. 23Chapter XXIV. THE PAVILION
24. 24Chapter XXV. PORTHOS
25. 25Chapter XXVI. ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
26. 26Chapter XXVII. THE WIFE OF ATHOS
27. 27Chapter XXVIII. THE RETURN
28. 28Chapter XXIX. HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS
29. 29Chapter XXX. D’ARTAGNAN AND THE ENGLISHMAN
30. 30Chapter XXXI. ENGLISH AND FRENCH
31. 31Chapter XXXII. A PROCURATOR’S DINNER
32. 32Chapter XXXIII. SOUBRETTE AND MISTRESS
33. 33COMTE DE WARDES
34. 34Chapter XXXIV. IN WHICH THE EQUIPMENT OF ARAMIS AND PORTHOS IS TREATED OF
35. 35Chapter XXXV. A GASCON A MATCH FOR CUPID
36. 36COMTE DE WARDES
37. 37Chapter XXXVI. DREAM OF VENGEANCE
38. 38Chapter XXXVII. MILADY’S SECRET
39. 39Chapter XXXIX. A VISION
40. 40Chapter XL. A TERRIBLE VISION
41. 41Chapter XLI. THE SIEGE OF LA ROCHELLE
42. 42Chapter XLII. THE ANJOU WINE
43. 43Chapter XLIII. THE SIGN OF THE RED DOVECOT
44. 44Chapter XLIV. THE UTILITY OF STOVEPIPES
45. 45Chapter XLV. A CONJUGAL SCENE
46. 46Chapter XLVI. THE BASTION SAINT-GERVAIS
47. 47Chapter XLVII. THE COUNCIL OF THE MUSKETEERS
48. 48Chapter XLVIII. A FAMILY AFFAIR
49. 49Chapter XLIX. FATALITY
50. 50Chapter L. CHAT BETWEEN BROTHER AND SISTER
51. 51Chapter LI. OFFICER
52. 52Chapter LII. CAPTIVITY: THE FIRST DAY
53. 53Chapter LIII. CAPTIVITY: THE SECOND DAY
54. 54Chapter LIV. CAPTIVITY: THE THIRD DAY
55. 55Chapter LV. CAPTIVITY: THE FOURTH DAY
56. 56Chapter LVI. CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
57. 57Chapter LVII. MEANS FOR CLASSICAL TRAGEDY
58. 58Milady read in his eyes _love! love!_
59. 59Chapter LVIII. ESCAPE
60. 60Chapter LX. IN FRANCE
61. 61Chapter LXI. THE CARMELITE CONVENT AT BÉTHUNE
62. 62Chapter LXII. TWO VARIETIES OF DEMONS
63. 63Chapter LXIII. THE DROP OF WATER
64. 64Chapter LXIV. THE MAN IN THE RED CLOAK
65. 65Chapter LXV. TRIAL
66. 66Chapter LXVI. EXECUTION
67. 67Chapter LXVII. CONCLUSION
68. 68EPILOGUE

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