

Aramis had entered a convent from which he emerged as the Abbé d'Herblay. Porthos had "married money" and had been enabled thereby to purchase several properties giving him the imposing title of M. Musketeers outline the causes for the separation: Athos had resumed the title of Comte de la Fère and had retired to his country estate. Twenty Years After the four soldiers are brought together again after years of separation.


The series has been called the "D'Artagnan romances," since it depicts the lives and actions of D'Artagnan and his three musketeer comrades. For the exact periods covered by the three stories, the reader is referred to the introduction to The Three Musketeers. The Three Musketeers, and has in turn a much longer sequel entitled This introduction appears in Twenty Years After, Published by The Century Co, New York, 1907, and Copyright, 18 by Thomas Y. Introduction to Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas père
