THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EDITOR’S NOTE TO THE PG D’ARTAGNAN SERIES
LINKED INDEX OF PROJECT GUTENBERG VOLUMES:
| ORDER | TITLE | PG EBOOK# | DATES | VOLUME | CHAPTERS |
| 1 | The Three Musketeers | 1257 | 1625–1628 | 1 | |
| 2 | Twenty Years After | 1259 | 1648–1649 | 2 | |
| 3 | The Vicomte de Bragelonne | 2609 | 1660 | 3 | 1–75 |
| 4 | Ten Years Later | 2681 | 1660–1661 | 3 | 76–140 |
| 5 | Louise de la Valliere | 2710 | 1661 | 3 | 141–208 |
| 6 | The Man in the Iron Mask | 2759 | 1661–1673 | 3 | 209–269 |
[Project Gutenberg eBook 1258 listed below, is of the same title as eBook 2681and its contents overlap those of two other volumes: it includes all thechapters of eBook 2609 and the first 28 chapters of 2681]
| TITLE | PG EBOOK# | DATES | VOLUME | CHAPTERS |
| Ten Years Later | 1258 | 1660–1661 | 3 | 1–104 |
The Vicomte de Bragelonne is the final volume of D’Artagnan Romances: itis usually split into three or four parts, and the final portion is entitledThe Man in the Iron Mask. The Man in the Iron Mask we’re familiar withtoday is the last volume of the four-volume edition. [Not all the editionssplit them in the same manner, hence some of the confusion. . .but wait. ..there’s yet more reason for confusion.]
One thing that may be causing confusion is that the etext entitled Ten YearsLater, says it’s the sequel to The Three Musketeers. While this istechnically true, there’s another book, Twenty Years After, that comesbetween. The confusion is generated by the two facts that many people see thosetitles as meaning Ten and Twenty Years “After” the original story .. . however, this is why the different words “After” and“Later” . . . the Ten Years “After” is ten years afterthe Twenty Years later. . . as per history. Also, the third book of theD’Artagnan Romances, while entitled The Vicomte de Bragelonne, has thesubtitle Ten Years Later. These two titles are also given to different volumes:The Vicomte de Bragelonne can refer to the whole book, or the first volume ofthe three or four-volume editions. Ten Years Later can, similarly, refer to thewhole book, or the second volume of the four-volume edition. Here is a guide tothe