The Man in the Iron Mask

by Dumas pere, Alexandre; Neugroschel, Joachim; Du Plessix-Gray, Francine

• ISBN13: 9780140439243
• ISBN10: 0140439242
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-25
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

In the Musketeers' final adventure, D'Artagnan remains in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have retired and gone their separate ways. Meanwhile, a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask wastes away deep inside the Bastille. When the destinies of king and prisoner converge, the Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan find themselves caught between conflicting loyalties. Introduction by Francine du Plessix Gray Translated by Joachim Neugroschel

Author Biography

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was the author of more than ninety plays and many novels--most famously the Three Musketeers trilogy and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Francine du Plessix Gray is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-finalist At Home with the Marquis de Sade, among other works.

Joachim Neugroschel has won three PEN translation awards and the French-American translation prize.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Francine Du Plessix Gray
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Prisoner	3	(26)
How Mouston Had Gained Weight Without Warning Porthos, and How This Spelled Trouble for This Worthy Nobleman	29	(8)
Who and What Master Jean Percerin Was	37	(7)
The Swatches	44	(9)
Where Moliere Might Have Drawn His Inspiration for The Burgher As Aristocrat	53	(6)
The Hive, the Bees, and the Honey	59	(10)
Another Supper at the Bastille	69	(7)
The General of the Order	76	(9)
The Tempter	85	(7)
Crown and Tiara	92	(8)
The Castle of Vaux-le-Vicomte	100	(4)
The Wine of Melun	104	(5)
Nectar and Ambrosia	109	(4)
For a Gascon and a Gascon and a Half	113	(11)
Colbert	124	(6)
Jealousy	130	(5)
Lese-Majeste	135	(9)
A Night in the Bastille	144	(5)
Monsieur Fouquet's Shadow	149	(14)
Morning	163	(8)
The King's Friend	171	(15)
How Orders Were Respected in the Bastille	186	(7)
The King's Gratitude	193	(8)
The False King	201	(10)
Porthos Believes He Is Pursuing a Dukedom	211	(5)
The Final Farewells	216	(5)
The Duke de Beaufort	221	(7)
Preparations for Departure	228	(8)
Planchet's Inventory	236	(6)
The Duke de Beaufort's Inventory	242	(6)
The Silver Plate	248	(7)
Captive and Jailers	255	(9)
Promises	264	(11)
Among Women	275	(8)
The Last Supper	283	(7)
Monsieur Colbert's Coach	290	(7)
The Two Lighters	297	(7)
Friendly Advice	304	(5)
How King Louis XIV Played His Little Part	309	(9)
The White Horse and the Black Horse	318	(7)
In Which the Squirrel Falls, in Which the Adder Flies	325	(9)
Belle-Ile-en-Mer	334	(9)
Aramis's Explanation	343	(10)
The Results of the King's Plans and d'Artagnan's Plans	353	(3)
Porthos's Forbears	356	(4)
Biscarrat's Son	360	(5)
The Grotto of Locmaria	365	(6)
The Grotto	371	(8)
A Homeric Chant	379	(5)
The Death of a Titan	384	(5)
Porthos's Epitaph	389	(7)
The Duke de Gesvres's Rounds	396	(5)
King Louis XIV	401	(8)
Monsieur Fouquet's Friends	409	(6)
Porthos's Will	415	(6)
Athos's Old Age	421	(5)
Athos's Vision	426	(5)
The Angel of Death	431	(5)
Bulletin	436	(5)
The Final Canto of the Epic	441	(6)
Epilogue	447