The old five-volume edition generally does not give titles to the smaller portions.In the four-volume edition, the novels are titled The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Ten Years Later, Louise de la Vallière and The Man in the Iron Mask.In the three-volume edition, the novels are titled The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Louise de la Vallière and The Man in the Iron Mask.This vast novel has been split into three, four, or five volumes at various points. The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later, set between 16 serialized from October 1847 to January 1850.Twenty Years After, set between 16 serialized from January to August 1845.Dumas claims in the foreword to have based it on manuscripts he had discovered in the Bibliothèque Nationale. The Three Musketeers, set between 16 first published in serial form in the magazine Le Siècle between March and July 1844.( December 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.

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