How you explore Twenty Years After on Literah
The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
- Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
- A feed, not a wall of text. 69 characters, 24 places, 16 objects and 0 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 53 passages of Twenty Years After sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Alexandre Dumas; Auguste Maquet wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on Alexandre Dumas; Auguste Maquet instead.
The author's pen in Twenty Years After
The passages themselves, Alexandre Dumas; Auguste Maquet's own words, as Literah maps it.
- The Shade of Richelieuch. 1
- The Fronde Gets Its Namech. 2
- D’Artagnan Without the Othersch. 6
- Aramis Unmasked Politicallych. 9
- Porthos Names His Pricech. 11
- The Athos D’Artagnan Findsch. 15
- Friendship Becomes Guardedch. 15
- Grimaud Enters Vincennesch. 18
- What the Pâté Containsch. 19
- Beaufort Is Gonech. 24
- The Friends Recognize Their Opponentsch. 26
- The Place Royale Conferencech. 28
- Friends Until Deathch. 29
- Grimaud Names the New Threatch. 35
- A Queen Without a Kingdomch. 36
- Milady’s Sonch. 40
- The Queen’s Commissionch. 42
- Athos Refuses the Easy Killingch. 43
- Nanette Raises the Streetch. 44
- Halfway to Their Rewardsch. 45
The characters of Twenty Years After
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- D’Artagnanmajor
- Athosmajor
- Porthosmajor
- Aramismajor
- Cardinal Mazarinmajor
- Mordauntmajor
- Charles Imajor
- Raoul de Bragelonnesupporting
- Anne of Austriasupporting
- Henrietta Mariasupporting
- Oliver Cromwellsupporting
- Lord de Wintersupporting
- Comte de Rochefortsupporting
- Planchetsupporting
- Mousquetonsupporting
- Grimaudsupporting
The locations in Twenty Years After
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Palais Royalpalace
- Paris during the Frondecity
- Bastillefortress-prison
- Castle of Bragelonnecountry estate
- Château de Pierrefondscastle-estate
- Donjon of Vincennesfortress-prison
- Place Royalepublic square
- Ferry across the Oiseriver crossing
- Carmelite Conventconvent
- Louvreroyal palace
- Saint-Germainroyal residence
- Hôtel de la Chevretteinn
- Hôtel du Grand Charlemagneinn
- Lensbattlefield-region
The core concepts in Twenty Years After
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Friendship vs. political allegiance
- Honor vs. obedience to power
- Friendship after time changes the friends
- Patronage promises reward until leverage replaces petition
- Mercy vs. inherited vengeance
- Dignity after political power is gone
- Public pressure vs. court authority
- Power through disguise, performance, and concealment
- Fatality vs. moral choice
- Adventure competence vs. historical tragedy
The objects of note in Twenty Years After
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Mazarin’s Musketeer Disguise
- Mazarin’s Gold Ring
- Mazarin’s Dispatches
- Henrietta Maria’s Letters to Charles I
- The Musketeers’ Swords
- Beaufort’s Escape Pâté
- Beaufort’s Rope Ladder
- Whitehall Workman Clothes
- Whitehall Rescue Tools
- Whitehall Scaffold
- Charles I’s Wedding Ring
- Henrietta Maria’s Jeweled Order
- Charles I’s Diamond Cross
- Port-Wine Barrels
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