The three musketeers / Alexandre Dumas.

The three presents of M. D' Artagnan, the father -- The antechamber of M. de Treville -- The audience -- The shoulder of Athos, the belt of Porthos, and the handkerchief of Aramis -- The king's musketeers and the Cardinal's guards -- His majesty king Louis of the musketeers -- The court intrigue -- D'Artagnan begins to show himself -- A mousetrap of the seventeenth century -- The intrigue become confused -- George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham -- Monsieur bonancieux -- The man of meung -- Civillians and soldiers -- In which the keeper of the seals, seguier, looked more than once after the bell, that he might ring it as he had been used to do -- The Bonancieux household -- The lover and the husband -- The plan of the campaign -- The journey -- The countless de winter -- The ballet of the "The Merlaison" -- The appointment -- The pavilion -- Porthos -- The thesis of aramis -- The wife of Athos -- The return -- The hunt after equipments -- "My Lady" -- Englsih and French -- An attorney's dinner -- Maid and mistress -- Concerning the equipments of Aramis and Porthos -- All cats are alike gray in the dark -- The dream of vengenace -- The Lady's secret -- How, without disturbing himself, athos obtained his equipment -- A charming vision -- A terrible vision -- The siege of La Rochelle -- The wine of Anjou -- The red dove-cot tavern -- The utility of stove funnels -- A conjugal scene -- The bastion of St. Gervais -- The council of the Musketeers -- A family affair -- Fatality -- A chat between a brother and sister -- The officer -- The first day of imprisonment -- The second day of imprisonment -- The third day of imprisonment -- The fourth day of imprisonment -- The event in classical tragedy -- The escape -- What happened at portmouth on the twenty-third of August, 1628 -- In France -- The Carmelite convent of Bethune -- Two kinds of demons -- A drop of water -- The man in the red cloak -- The judgement -- The execution -- A message from the cardinal -- The epilogue.

A young Gascon nobleman, d'Artagnan, sets off for Paris in hopes of joining the Musketeers. He proves himself fighting with them and earns a place in their ranks. With d'Artagnan the three preserve the honor of the king and thwart the schemes of Cardinal Richelieu.