From a book categorized as Fiction / Action & Adventure and 1054 pages follows a description and a number of hidden haikus found in the book:
This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas’s historical novel, “Twenty Years After”. The sequel to “The Three Musketeers”, it is set twenty years after the first episode. The aging musketeers are coaxed out of retirement when a dastardly threat to the monarchy presents itself, but will they be able to succeed this time? Packed with intrigue and daring-do, “Twenty Years After” will not disappoint fans of Duma’s work. Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) was a famous French writer. He is best remembered for his exciting romantic sagas, including "Chicot the Jester" and "The Count of Monte Cristo". Despite making a great deal of money from his writing, Dumas was almost perpetually penniless thanks to his lavish lifestyle. His novels have been translated into nearly a hundred different languages, and have inspired over 200 motion pictures. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are becoming extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing this antiquarian book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
The Man in the Mask.
68. Cromwell’s House. 69.
Conversational.
“Ah! you scoundrel!” cried
D’Artagnan, taking the man for a thief
and seizing his sword.
After having failed
in poetry, Monsieur de
Beaufort tried drawing.
Every means had been
employed in vain to restore
the use of his limbs.
Meantime he uncorked
the bottles and went to smell
if the pie was good.
However, because
I was prudent you must not
take me for a fool.
Orders were given
that no drum should be beaten,
no trumpet sounded.
Shall I speak to him?
You know how much he loves me,
my mother. “Alas!
“He has just left me,”
replied De Winter, “after
telling me all. Ah!
The only sublime
ideas in politics
are those which bear fruit.
The men themselves were
almost dead with fatigue, but
hope supported them.
The count has a mind
above vulgar desires
and earthly passions.