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Twenty Years After
Chapters (90)
- I: The Ghost of Cardinal Richelieu 0:00
- II: A Nightly Patrol 23:38
- III: Dead Animosities 43:47
- IV: Anne of Austria at the Age of Forty-Six 1:16:08
- V: The Gascon and the Italian 1:37:28
- VI: D’Artagnan in His Fortieth Year 1:48:57
- VII: Touches Upon the Strange Effects a Half-Pistole May Have Upon a Beadle and a Chorister 2:19:08
- VIII: How d’Artagnan, on Going to a Distance to Discover Aramis, Discovers His Old Friend on Horseback Behind His Own Planchet 2:33:20
- IX: The Abbé d’Herblay 2:49:46
- X: Monsieur Porthos du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds 3:29:40
- XI: How d’Artagnan, in Discovering the Retreat of Porthos, Perceives That Wealth Does Not Necessarily Produce Happiness 3:42:55
- XII: In Which It Is Shown That if Porthos Was Discontented with His Condition, Mousqueton Was Completely Satisfied with His 4:01:26
- XIII: Two Angelic Faces 4:13:30
- XIV: The Castle of Bragelonne 4:29:57
- XV: Athos as a Diplomatist 4:44:20
- XVI: The Duc de Beaufort 5:05:20
- XVII: Describes How the Duc de Beaufort Amused His Leisure Hours in the Donjon of Vincennes 5:17:23
- XVIII: Grimaud Begins His Functions 5:35:32
- XIX: In Which the Contents of the Pâtés Made by the Successor of Father Marteau Are Described 5:56:59
- XX: One of Marie Michon’s Adventures 6:15:27
- XXI: The Abbé Scarron 6:42:34
- XXII: Saint Denis 7:06:58
- XXIII: One of the Forty Methods of Escape of the Duc de Beaufort 7:23:36
- XXIV: The Timely Arrival of d’Artagnan in Paris 7:46:19
- XXV: An Adventure on the High Road 8:03:10
- XXVI: The Rencontre 8:16:05
- XXVII: The Four Old Friends Prepare to Meet Again 8:33:49
- XXVIII: The Place Royale 8:51:46
- XXIX: The Ferry Across the Oise 9:04:43
- XXX: Skirmishing 9:26:22
- XXXI: The Monk 9:40:26
- XXXII: The Absolution 10:03:11
- XXXIII: Grimaud Speaks 10:16:27
- XXXIV: On the Eve of Battle 10:27:52
- XXXV: A Dinner in the Old Style 10:51:52
- XXXVI: A Letter from Charles the First 11:07:53
- XXXVII: Cromwell’s Letter 11:19:47
- XXXVIII: Henrietta Maria and Mazarin 11:35:50
- XXXIX: How, Sometimes, the Unhappy Mistake Chance for Providence 11:49:23
- XL: Uncle and Nephew 12:06:48
- XLI: Paternal Affection 12:16:18
- XLII: Another Queen in Want of Help 12:34:31
- XLIII: In Which It Is Proved That First Impulses Are Oftentimes the Best 13:00:53
- XLIV: Te Deum for the Victory of Lens 13:16:52
- XLV: The Beggar of St. Eustache 13:53:20
- XLVI: The Tower of St. Jacques de la Boucherie 14:16:45
- XLVII: The Riot 14:29:41
- XLVIII: The Riot Becomes a Revolution 14:47:00
- XLIX: Misfortune Refreshes the Memory 15:15:02
- L: The Interview 15:29:46
- LI: The Flight 15:44:04
- LII: The Carriage of Monsieur le Coadjuteur 16:08:11
- LIII: How d’Artagnan and Porthos Earned by Selling Straw, the One Two Hundred and Nineteen, and the Other Two Hundred and Fifteen Louis d’Or 16:38:14
- LIV: In Which We Hear Tidings of Aramis 16:57:07
- LV: The Scotchman 17:19:40
- LVI: The Avenger 17:38:24
- LVII: Oliver Cromwell 17:57:37
- LVIII: Jésus Seigneur 18:08:16
- LIX: In Which It Is Shown That Under the Most Trying Circumstances Noble Natures Never Lose Their Courage, nor Good Stomachs Their Appetites 18:38:12
- LX: Respect to Fallen Majesty 18:56:27
- LXI: D’Artagnan Hits on a Plan 19:12:56
- LXII: London 19:46:42
- LXIII: The Trial 19:58:37
- LXIV: Whitehall 20:17:12
- LXV: The Workmen 20:35:38
- LXVI: Remember! 20:49:30
- LXVII: The Man in the Mask 21:00:38
- LXVIII: Cromwell’s House 21:17:07
- LXIX: Conversational 21:28:56
- LXX: The Skiff Lightning 21:44:08
- LXXI: Port Wine 22:03:45
- LXXII: End of the Port Wine Mystery 22:20:50
- LXXIII: Fatality 22:30:08
- LXXIV: How Mousqueton, After Being Very Nearly Roasted, Had a Narrow Escape of Being Eaten 22:45:14
- LXXV: The Return 22:59:57
- LXXVI: The Ambassadors 23:13:34
- LXXVII: The Three Lieutenants of the Generalissimo 23:29:42
- LXXVIII: The Battle of Charenton 23:51:27
- LXXIX: The Road to Picardy 24:08:39
- LXXX: The Gratitude of Anne of Austria 24:23:53
- LXXXI: Cardinal Mazarin as King 24:34:27
- LXXXII: Precautions 24:45:18
- LXXXIII: Strength and Sagacity 24:57:13
- LXXXIV: Strength and Sagacity—Continued 25:16:43
- LXXXV: The Oubliettes of Cardinal Mazarin 25:35:11
- LXXXVI: Conferences 25:43:52
- LXXXVII: In Which We Begin to Think That Porthos Will Be at Last a Baron, and d’Artagnan a Captain 25:56:00
- LXXXVIII: Shows How with Threat and Pen More Is Effected Than by the Sword 26:14:37
- LXXXIX: In Which It Is Shown That It Is Sometimes More Difficult for Kings to Return to the Capitals of Their Kingdoms, Than to Make an Exit 26:46:16
- XC: Conclusion 27:09:23
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Twenty years after Aramis, Athos, Porthos, and d’Artagnan went their separate ways, the new cardinal, Mazarin, asks d’Artagnan to find his three friends and enlist them to help Mazarin during the Fronde civil war. Only Porthos accepts, and the four musketeers soon find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. This cannot, of course, last very long, and they ultimately join forces in England to try to rescue Charles I from Cromwell. Along the way, they are discovered and pursued by the son of Milady, their diabolical female adversary from The Three Musketeers.
Though not as well known as the first installment, Twenty Years After continues the wit, charm, friendship, and most of all the adventures that Dumas made famous in The Three Musketeers.