The Man in the Iron Mask
Published on 11. September 2008
657 pages
978-0-19-156117-7 (ISBN)
Description
One of France's best-selling writers at the time of the novel's composition, Dumas here combines what he considered to be life's essentials - `l'action et l'amour'. This historical romance is the climax of his epic of chivalry and valour that began with The Three Musketeers, and it is here that Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and their friend d'Artagnan, once invincible, meet their destinies.
This edition provides background information and notes crucial to an understanding of the legend and the novel's setting.
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Alexandre Dumas | David Coward
The Man in the Iron Mask
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09/2008
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David Coward is Senior Lecturer in French, University of Leeds
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- A Chronology of Alexandre Dumas
- THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
- 1. TWO OLD FRIENDS
- 2. WHEREIN MAY BE SEEN THAT A BARGAIN WHICH CANNOT BE MADE WITH ONE PERSON, CAN BE CARRIED OUT WITH ANOTHER
- 3. THE SKIN OF THE BEAR
- 4. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE QUEEN-MOTHER
- 5. TWO FRIENDS
- 6. HOW JEAN DE LA FONTAINE WROTE HIS FIRST TALE
- 7. LA FONTAINE IN THE CHARACTER OF A NEGOTIATOR
- 8. MADAME DE BELLIÈRE'S PLATE AND DIAMONDS
- 9. M. DE MAZARIN'S RECEIPT
- 10. MONSIEUR COLBERT'S ROUGH DRAFT
- 11. IN WHICH THE AUTHOR THINKS IT IS NOW TIME TO RETURN TO THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE
- 12. BRAGELONNE CONTINUES HIS INQUIRIES
- 13. TWO JEALOUSIES
- 14. A DOMICILIARY VISIT
- 15. PORTHOS'S PLAN OF ACTION
- 16. THE CHANCE OF RESIDENCE, THE TRAP-DOOR, AND THE PORTRAIT
- 17. RIVAL POLITICS
- 18. RIVAL AFFECTIONS
- 19. KING AND NOBILITY
- 20. AFTER THE STORM
- 21. HEU! MISER!
- 22. WOUNDS UPON WOUNDS
- 23. WHAT RAOUL HAD GUESSED
- 24. THREE GUESTS ASTONISHED TO FIND THEMSELVES AT SUPPER TOGETHER
- 25. WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE LOUVRE DURING THE SUPPER AT THE BASTILLE
- 26. POLITICAL RIVALS
- 27. IN WHICH PORTHOS IS CONVINCED WITHOUT HAVING UNDERSTOOD ANYTHING
- 28. M. DE BAISEMEAUX'S "SOCIETY
- 29. THE PRISONER
- 30. HOW MOUSTON HAD BECOME FATTER WITHOUT GIVING PORTHOS NOTICE THEREOF, AND OF THE TROUBLES WHICH CONSEQUENTLY BEFELL THAT WORTHY GENTLEMAN
- 31. WHO MESSIRE JEAN PERCERIN WAS
- 32. THE PATTERNS
- 33. WHERE, PROBABLY, MOLIÈRE FORMED HIS FIRST IDEA OF THE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME
- 34. THE BEEHIVE, THE BEES, AND THE HONEY
- 35. ANOTHER SUPPER AT THE BASTILLE
- 36. THE GENERAL OF THE ORDER
- 37. THE TEMPTER
- 38. CROWN AND TIARA
- 39. THE CHÂTEAU DE VAUX-LE-VICOMTE
- 40. THE WINE OF MELUN
- 41. NECTAR AND AMBROSIA
- 42. A GASCON, AND A GASCON AND A HALF
- 43. COLBERT
- 44. JEALOUSY
- 45. HIGH TREASON
- 46. A NIGHT AT THE BASTILLE
- 47. THE SHADOW OF M. FOUQUET
- 48. THE MORNING
- 49. THE KING'S FRIEND
- 50. SHOWING HOW THE COUNTERSIGN WAS RESPECTED AT THE BASTILLE
- 51. THE KING'S GRATITUDE
- 52. THE FALSE KING
- 53. IN WHICH PORTHOS THINKS HE IS PURSUING A DUCHY
- 54. THE LAST ADIEUX
- 55. MONSIEUR DE BEAUFORT
- 56. PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE
- 57. PLANCHET'S INVENTORY
- 58. THE INVENTORY OF M. DE BEAUFORT
- 59. THE SILVER DISH
- 60. CAPTIVE AND JAILERS
- 61. PROMISES
- 62. AMONG WOMEN
- 63. THE LAST SUPPER
- 64. IN THE CARRIAGE OF M. COLBERT
- 65. THE TWO LIGHTERS
- 66. FRIENDLY ADVICE
- 67. HOW THE KING, LOUIS XIV., PLAYED HIS LITTLE PART
- 68. THE WHITE HORSE AND THE BLACK HORSE
- 69. IN WHICH THE SQUIRREL FALLS-IN WHICH THE ADDER FLIES
- 70. BELLE-ISLE-EN-MER
- 71. THE EXPLANATIONS OF ARAMIS
- 72. RESULT OF THE IDEAS OF THE KING, AND THE IDEAS OF D'ARTAGNAN
- 73. THE ANCESTORS OF PORTHOS
- 74. THE SON OF BISCARRAT
- 75. THE GROTTO OF LOCMARIA
- 76. THE GROTTO
- 77. AN HOMERIC SONG
- 78. THE DEATH OF A TITAN
- 79. THE EPITAPH OF PORTHOS
- 80. THE ROUND OF M. DE GESVRES
- 81. KING LOUIS XIV.
- 82. THE FRIENDS OF M. FOUQUET
- 83. PORTHOS'S WILL
- 84. THE OLD AGE OF ATHOS
- 85. THE VISION OF ATHOS
- 86. THE ANGEL OF DEATH
- 87. THE BULLETIN
- 88. THE LAST CANTO OF THE POEM
- EPILOGUE
- THE DEATH OF D'ARTAGNAN
- Explanatory Notes
