The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas is available here as the complete text, split into 2030 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2759.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
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- Chapter I The Prisoner
- Chapter II Who Messire Jean Percerin Was
- Chapter III The Patterns
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V Another Supper at the Bastile
- Chapter VI The Tempter
- Chapter VII Crown and Tiara
- Chapter VIII The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte
- Chapter IX Nectar and Ambrosia
- Chapter X Colbert
- Chapter XI Jealousy
- Chapter XII High Treason
- Chapter XIII The Shadow of M. Fouquet
- Chapter XIV The King’s Friend
- Chapter XV Showing How the Countersign Was Respected at the Bastile
- Chapter XVI The King’s Gratitude
- Chapter XVII In Which Porthos Thinks He Is Pursuing a Duchy
- Chapter XVIII Monsieur de Beaufort
- Chapter XIX Preparations for Departure
- Chapter XX Planchet’s Inventory
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII Promises
- Chapter XXIII Among Women
- Chapter XXIV The Last Supper
- Chapter XXV The Two Lighters
- Chapter XXVI How the King, Louis XIV., Played His Little Part
- Chapter XXVII The White Horse and the Black
- Chapter XXVIII
- Chapter XXIX Explanations by Aramis
- Chapter XXX The Ancestors of Porthos
- Chapter XXXI The Son of Biscarrat
- Chapter XXXII The Grotto of Locmaria
- Chapter XXXIII An Homeric Song
- Chapter XXXIV Porthos’s Epitaph
- Chapter XXXV M. de Gesvres’s Round
- Chapter XXXVI King Louis XIV
- Chapter XXXVII Porthos’s Will
- Chapter XXXVIII Athos’s Vision
- Chapter XXXIX The Angel of Death
- Chapter XL
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Is this the complete text of The Man in the Iron Mask?
Yes. All 10150 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2759 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Man in the Iron Mask is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #2759, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Man in the Iron Mask take to read?
About 600 minutes of reading across 2030 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Man in the Iron Mask
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- Since
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- Aramis
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- Singular
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