Louise de la Valliere

Louise de la Valliere

Original title: The Lady of the Camellias

Alexandre Dumas
Author's portrait: Alexandre Dumas

Louise de la Valliere is a historical romance novel written by Alexandre Dumas, first published in 1843. The story follows the life of Louise de la Valliere, a young woman who becomes the mistress of King Louis XIV of France. The novel explores themes of love, betrayal, and power, set against the backdrop of the French Royal Court in the 17th century.

~1843 CE
Available in: English
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Table of contents   67
# Chapter
1 Malaga
2 A Letter from M. Baisemeaux
3 In Which the Reader will be Delighted to Find that Porthos Has Lost Nothing of His Muscularity
4 The Rat and the Cheese
5 Planchet's Country-House
6 Showing What Could Be Seen from Planchet's House
7 How Porthos, Truchen, and Planchet Parted with Each Other on Friendly Terms, Thanks to D'Artagnan
8 The Presentation of Porthos at Court
9 Explanations
10 Madame and De Guiche
11 Montalais and Malicorne
12 How De Wardes Was Received at Court
13 The Combat
14 The King's Supper
15 After Supper
16 Showing in What Way D'Artagnan Discharged the Mission with Which the King Had Intrusted Him
17 The Encounter
18 The Physician
19 Wherein D'Artagnan Perceives that It Was He Who Was Mistaken, and Manicamp Who Was Right
20 Showing the Advantage of Having Two Strings to One's Bow
21 M. Malicorne the Keeper of the Records of France
22 The Journey
23 Triumfeminate
24 The First Quarrel
25 Despair
26 The Flight
27 Showing How Louis, on His Part, Had Passed the Time from Ten to Half-Past Twelve at Night
28 The Ambassadors
29 Chaillot
30 Madame
31 Mademoiselle de la Valliere's Pocket-Handkerchief
32 Which Treats of Gardeners, of Ladders, and Maids of Honor
33 Which Treats of Carpentry Operations, and Furnishes Details upon the Mode of Constructing Staircases
34 The Promenade by Torchlight
35 The Apparition
36 The Portrait
37 Hampton Court
38 The Courier from Madame
39 Saint-Aignan Follows Malicorne's Advice
40 CHAPTER XL: Two Old Friends
41 Wherein May Be Seen that a Bargain Which Cannot Be Made with One Person, Can Be Carried Out with Another
42 The Skin of the Bear
43 An Interview with the Queen-Mother
44 Two Friends
45 How Jean de La Fontaine Came to Write His First Tale
46 La Fontaine in the Character of a Negotiator
47 Madame de Belliere's Plate and Diamonds
48 M. de Mazarin's Receipt
49 Monsieur Colbert's Rough Draft
50 CHAPTER L: In Which the Author Thinks It Is High Time to Return to the Vicomte de Bragelonne
51 Bragelonne Continues His Inquiries
52 Two Jealousies
53 A Domiciliary Visit
54 Porthos's Plan of Action
55 The Change of Residence, the Trap-Door, and the Portrait
56 Rivals in Politics
57 Rivals in Love
58 King and Noble
59 After the Storm
60 Heu! Miser!
61 Wounds within Wounds
62 What Raoul Had Guessed
63 Three Guests Astonished to Find Themselves at Supper Together
64 What Took Place at the Louvre During the Supper at the Bastile
65 Political Rivals
66 In Which Porthos Is Convinced without Having Understood Anything
67 M. de Baisemeaux's "Society."

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