亞歷山大仲馬的《基督山伯爵》是十九世紀最偉大的冒險小說之一，但在其驚險刺激的情節之下，卻蘊藏著一個更深刻的故事：背叛、正義、復仇、身份認同、耐心，以及扮演命運角色的危險誘惑。
小說的主角是年輕的水手埃德蒙唐泰斯，他的人生似乎正朝著美好的方向發展。他即將成為船長，並與心愛的梅塞德斯結婚。然而，嫉妒和政治陰謀摧毀了一切。幾個人密謀陷害他，唐泰斯被誣陷為叛國罪，並被囚禁在可怕的伊夫堡。
獄中的歲月改變了他。起初，他迷茫而絕望，無法理解自己的人生為何會崩塌。後來，他遇到了年長的囚犯法利亞神父，法利亞的智慧、學識和閱歷改變了他的人生軌跡。法裡亞教導唐泰斯語言、歷史、科學、哲學和政治，逐漸將這位經驗不足的水手培養成一位博學多才、精於算計的人。他還向唐泰斯揭示了蒙特克里斯托島上隱藏著一筆巨大的寶藏。
Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great adventure novels of the nineteenth century, but beneath its thrilling plot lies a much deeper story about betrayal, justice, revenge, identity, patience, and the dangerous temptation to play the role of fate.
The novel follows Edmond Dantès, a young sailor whose life appears to be opening beautifully before him. He is about to become captain of a ship and marry the woman he loves, Mercédès. But jealousy and political intrigue destroy everything. Several men conspire against him, and Dantès is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned in the terrible Château d’If.
His years in prison transform him. At first, he is confused and desperate, unable to understand why his life has collapsed. Then he meets Abbé Faria, an elderly prisoner whose intelligence, education, and wisdom change the course of his life. Faria teaches Dantès languages, history, science, philosophy, and politics, gradually turning the inexperienced sailor into a highly educated and calculating man. He also reveals the location of an enormous hidden treasure on the island of Monte Cristo.
After escaping from prison and discovering the treasure, Dantès is no longer the young sailor who entered the Château d’If. With immense wealth and carefully constructed identities, he returns to society as the mysterious and powerful Count of Monte Cristo. His purpose is clear: reward those who remained loyal to him and punish those responsible for destroying his life.
What follows is not simple revenge. Dantès spends years studying his enemies, understanding their weaknesses, and arranging circumstances that allow their own corruption to destroy them. His vengeance is patient, sophisticated, and almost frighteningly precise. He begins to see himself as an instrument of divine justice, convinced that his suffering has given him the right to judge others.
This is where Dumas makes the novel morally complex. At first, readers naturally sympathize with Dantès. He has suffered a terrible injustice, and the men who betrayed him often deserve punishment. But as his revenge expands, innocent people are also affected. Dantès gradually discovers that justice becomes dangerous when one person assumes complete authority over the lives of others.
The novel therefore asks an important question: Where does justice end and revenge begin?
Dantès believes he can calculate consequences perfectly, but human life cannot always be controlled like a chessboard. His plans eventually force him to confront the suffering he has caused as well as the suffering he endured. Revenge gives him power, but it cannot simply restore the young man he once was.
Another major theme is identity. Edmond Dantès repeatedly reinvents himself. The sailor, the prisoner, the Count, and his various disguises almost seem like different people. Through these transformations, Dumas explores whether identity is something fixed or something shaped by experience, suffering, knowledge, and choice.
The treasure itself carries powerful symbolism. It gives Dantès nearly unlimited freedom and allows him to reshape his destiny, yet wealth cannot automatically heal emotional wounds. Money gives him the means to punish his enemies, but not necessarily the wisdom to know when punishment has gone far enough.
The novel also explores patience and time. Dantès spends years imprisoned, years learning, and years preparing his revenge. Nothing happens quickly. His transformation reminds us that time can destroy a person, but it can also educate, strengthen, and completely remake them.
Love, loyalty, and forgiveness remain important throughout the story as well. Characters such as Mercédès and the Morrel family remind Dantès that not every relationship has been corrupted by betrayal. Their goodness becomes a counterweight to his growing obsession with vengeance.
By the end, The Count of Monte Cristo becomes something larger than an adventure about escape and revenge. It becomes a meditation on whether suffering gives us the right to cause suffering, whether justice can exist without mercy, and whether a person consumed by revenge can still rediscover hope.
That is why one of the novel’s final ideas feels so powerful: after everything Dantès has endured, learned, gained, and lost, wisdom finally becomes connected not with revenge, but with patience and hope.
At its heart, The Count of Monte Cristo asks a timeless question: If you were given the power to punish everyone who had wronged you, would revenge finally set you free—or would forgiveness prove to be the greater victory?
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傳記故事（四）：《大仲馬美食詞典》Cooking with Alexandre Dumas (l802～1870). Dumas's d'Artagnan 大仲馬筆下的達達尼昂是文學英雄：“如果注定要發生衝突，我一定會讚賞那些勇往直前的人。” The d'Artagnan Romances: 《達達尼安傳奇》是亞歷山大·仲馬創作的三部曲小說，《三仲馬傳》《大仲馬美食詞典》《三個火槍手》The Three Musketeers 。「天才與愚蠢的差別在於：天才也有其限制。」~小仲馬 Alexandre Dumas fils 於1848年完成小說《茶花女》小說、劇本、歌劇、芭蕾
Helen Oyeyemi: By the Book
The author of "Mr. Fox" and "Boy, Snow, Bird" considers Dumas's d'Artagnan a literary hero: "If there's going to be a fray, I can't help but approve of someone who enters it headlong."《狐狸先生》和《男孩、雪、鳥》的作者海倫·奧耶耶米認為大仲馬筆下的達達尼昂是文學英雄：“如果注定要發生衝突，我一定會讚賞那些勇往直前的人。”
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本文旨在說明《三仲馬傳》值得一讀。如此而已。多取材網路。
《三仲馬傳》構思有趣、內容深入、發人深省。
A. 莫洛亞《三仲馬傳》（1957）郭安定譯，北京：人民文學出版社，1996
G.. Endore 《大仲馬傳》（King of Paris），陳秋帆由日文本轉譯（？），台北：新潮，1979
莫洛亞作品有一定的高水平，推薦。Endore 是小說/故事，翻譯不穩定（同一章中「旅館」、「旅店」並用—這可能是hotel之誤譯，所以我問rl：「有沒辦法查大仲馬（他有回憶錄）去巴黎闖天下在 某家「旅館」（？？）與主人打撞球贏九（六）百杯苦艾酒（？）的人名地名？」因此他家鄉hotels何其多…）
【謝謝rl的指引：列網頁資料應該有你需要 的人、事、地、物
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大仲馬（Alexandre Dumas l802～1870），法國19世紀的浪漫主義作家，好善樂施、慷慨解囊（他的錢都裝在教堂用之聖水器用任意取用）、性格俠義、反對不平、追求正義。他受 朋友感動、自學成才，一生寫過各種類型作品（達300卷之多），主要以小說和劇作著稱。大仲馬的小說，大都以真實的歷史作背景，以主人公的奇遇為內容，情 節曲折生動，處處出人意外，堪稱歷史驚險小說。大仲馬小說的特色：異乎尋常的理想英雄，急劇發展的故事情節，緊張的打鬥動作，清晰明朗的完整結構，生動有 力的語言，靈活機智的對話等。最著名的是 《三個火槍手》（1844 (583KB) ）、《基督山伯爵》(1118KB)。這些作品可以 全文下載：
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仲馬是Dumas，音作[‘dju.mas]，或許家鄉話翻譯成「仲馬」？
林紓是閩南人，完全不懂法文也不懂英文，這位漢文界第一個聽譯者就說：「這實在是太好了，我要把它寫下來！」的名人（1899年），小說為「茶花女餘事」。
大仲馬說：我閉著眼睛寫作，我兒子睜著眼睛寫作。
以下摘自沒具名的＜大仲馬的七重天＞
父親、女人、友人、寫作、政治、旅行、烹飪，塑造了大仲馬絢爛多彩的人生，也是他的《三個火槍手》、《基督山伯爵》和《瑪戈皇后》等傳世之作的靈感來源。
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《三個火槍手》
| The Three Musketeers | |
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 Image by Maurice Leloir, 1894 | |
| Author(s) | Alexandre Dumas in collaboration with Auguste Maquet |
| Original title | Les Trois Mousquetaires |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Genre(s) | Historical novel |
| Publication date | March–July 1844 (serialised) |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Followed by | Twenty Years After, The Vicomte de Bragelonne |
The story of d'Artagnan is continued in Twenty Years After and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. Those three novels by Dumas are together known as the d'Artagnan Romances.
The Three Musketeers was first published in serial form in the newspaper Le Siècle between March and July 1844.
When Alexandre Dumas wrote The Three Musketeers he also was a practising fencer and like many other French gentlemen of his generation he attended the schools for Canne de combat and Savate of Michel Casseux, Charles Lecour[2] and Joseph Charlemont (who had been a regular fencing instructor in the French army).
See The Three Musketeers in film for the numerous appearance of the characters in
太多電影改編:
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/ Alexandre Dumas fils 小仲馬
The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits. /
天才與愚蠢的差別在於：天才也有其限制。
《茶花女》小說、劇本、歌劇、芭蕾
*中國翻譯的台灣版
- 商品編號：44400060
- 出版社： 野人文化
- 初版日期：2014年
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從小說到劇本 剪裁的功夫最重要
胡適1926年旅法時看過 《茶花女》一劇 當時觀眾許多人很感動
在30年代 唯一有小說與劇本的是 《茶花女》 所以值得研究它們
19世紀法國小說如巴爾扎克的《交際花盛衰記》、左拉的《娜娜》、以及小仲馬的《茶花女》，對於交際花的刻畫著墨甚多。 馬色爾對於這些交際花十分好奇，經過再三探索之後，「才明白， 這些無所事事卻又努力用心的女人，其動人之處就在於， 貢獻出她的寬厚、才能、以及情感之美中具備的夢境。 還有她們不費力氣就能擁有完美，用來豐富男人們的粗糙、 缺乏文雅的生活，增添一些珍貴的嵌飾。」（第33頁）
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買中文送英文版
- 產品名稱：茶花女
- ISBN編號: 9787542630506
- 出版時間: 2009-5-1
- 出版社: 上海三联书店
- 頁數: 419
- 版次印次: 1
- 作者: （法）小仲马（Dumas，A.） 著，董强 译
- 開本: 16开
- 裝幀: 平装
- 印數: 1
- 字數: 177000
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