"·被誉为“通俗小说之王”的法国19世纪浪漫主义作家大仲马的代表作，本书是“达塔尼昂浪漫三部曲”之一
·金庸先生一生都在追随大仲马，其武侠小说创作深受大仲马风格的启发，素有“中国的大仲马”的称呼
·其小说原型多来自历史人物和历史事件，小说是他塑造英雄、展现历史的不错载体，二者相辅相成，辅以大胆的想象和虚构，虚虚实实中，建构出情节曲折、引人入胜的故事"

本书作为我社“最经典英语文库”第15辑中的一种，精选法国有名小说家大仲马的《铁面人》。本书讲述了阿拉宓斯（三个火枪手之一）秘密地从巴士底狱救出了被囚禁的路易十四的孪生兄弟菲力普，并设计让他坐上王位，反把路易十四关入巴士底狱。但一昼夜后这一计谋被火枪手队长达尔大尼央识破，他帮助路易十四重登王位，而菲力普则再入囹圄，并且脸上永远蒙上了一层面罩。大仲马小说大都以真实的历史作背景，情节曲折生动，往往出人意料，有历史惊险小说之称。结构清晰明朗，语言生动有力，对话灵活机智等构成了大仲马小说的特色。大仲马也因而被后人美誉为“通俗小说之王”。

  
\tCHAPTER 1 THE PRISONER / 1
CHAPTER 2 HOW MOUSTON HAD BECOME FATTER WITHOUT GIVING PORTHOS NOTICE THEREOF, AND OF THE TROUBLES WHICH CONSEQUENTLY BEFELL THAT WORTHY GENTLEMAN / 32
CHAPTER 3 WHO MESSIRE JEAN PERCERIN WAS / 42
CHAPTER 4 THE PATTERNS / 50
CHAPTER 5 WHERE, PROBABLY, MOLIERE OBTAINED HIS FIRST IDEA OF THE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME / 61
CHAPTER 6 THE BEE-HIVE, THE BEES, AND THE HONEY / 69
CHAPTER 7 ANOTHER SUPPER AT THE BASTILE / 80
CHAPTER 8 THE GENERAL OF THE ORDER / 89
CHAPTER 9 THE TEMPTER / 99
CHAPTER 10 CROWN AND TIARA / 109
CHAPTER 11 THE CHATEAU DE VAUX-LE-VICOMTE / 119
CHAPTER 12 THE WINE OF MELUN / 126
CHAPTER 13 NECTAR AND AMBROSIA / 133
CHAPTER 14 A GASCON, AND A GASCON AND A HALF / 139
CHAPTER 15 COLBERT / 154
CHAPTER 16 JEALOUSY / 162
CHAPTER 17 HIGH TREASON / 170
CHAPTER 18 A NIGHT AT THE BASTILE / 181
CHAPTER 19 THE SHADOW OF M. FOUQUET / 189
CHAPTER 20 THE MORNING / 208
CHAPTER 21 THE KING'S FRIEND / 218
CHAPTER 22 SHOWING HOW THE COUNTERSIGN WAS RESPECTED AT THE BASTILE / 237
CHAPTER 23 THE KING'S GRATITUDE / 247
CHAPTER 24 THE FALSE KING / 257
CHAPTER 25 IN WHICH PORTHOS THINKS HE IS PURSUING A DUCHY / 269
CHAPTER 26 THE LAST ADIEUX / 276
CHAPTER 27 MONSIEUR DE BEAUFORT / 282
CHAPTER 28 PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE / 292
CHAPTER 29 PLANCHET'S INVENTORY / 302
CHAPTER 30 THE INVENTORY OF M. DE BEAUFORT / 309
CHAPTER 31 THE SILVER DISH / 316
CHAPTER 32 CAPTIVE AND JAILERS / 325
CHAPTER 33 PROMISES / 336
CHAPTER 34 AMONG WOMEN / 350
CHAPTER 35 THE LAST SUPPER / 360
CHAPTER 36 IN M. COLBERT'S CARRIAGE / 369
CHAPTER 37 THE TWO LIGHTERS / 378
CHAPTER 38 FRIENDLY ADVICE / 387
CHAPTER 39 HOW THE KING, LOUIS XIV., PLAYED HIS LITTLE PART / 394
CHAPTER 40 THE WHITE HORSE AND THE BLACK / 404
CHAPTER 41 IN WHICH THE SQUIRREL FALLS, —THE ADDER FLIES / 413
CHAPTER 42 BELLE-ILE-EN-MER / 424
CHAPTER 43 EXPLANATIONS BY ARAMIS / 435
CHAPTER 44 RESULT OF THE IDEAS OF THE KING, AND THE IDEAS OF D'ARTAGNAN / 448
CHAPTER 45 THE ANCESTORS OF PORTHOS / 452
CHAPTER 46 THE SON OF BISCARRAT / 457
CHAPTER 47 THE GROTTO OF LOCMARIA / 464
CHAPTER 48 THE GROTTO / 472
CHAPTER 49 AN HOMERIC SONG / 482
CHAPTER 50 THE DEATH OF A TITAN / 489
CHAPTER 51 PORTHOS'S EPITAPH / 497
CHAPTER 52 M. DE GESVRES'S ROUND / 505
CHAPTER 53 KING LOUIS XIV / 512
CHAPTER 54 M. FOUQUET'S FRIENDS / 522
CHAPTER 55 PORTHOS'S WILL / 530
CHAPTER 56 THE OLD AGE OF ATHOS / 537
CHAPTER 57 ATHOS'S VISION / 543
CHAPTER 58 THE ANGEL OF DEATH / 550
CHAPTER 59 THE BULLETIN / 556
CHAPTER 60 THE LAST CANTO OF THE POEM / 563
EPILOGUE / 570
FOOTNOTES / 598