Page 1 About the Author
Alexander Dumas (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), born in Villers-Cottelais ( near Paris ) in France , grew up with his mother. In 1823, out of a yearning for theatrical career, Dumas came to Paris alone, first working as a clerical scribe in the Secretariat of the Dukes of Orléans, to solve the problem of his shelter and food.
From an early age, Dumas was an avid writer of drama, and in the comfortable and spacious office of the Duke, he was busy writing the play "Henry III and His Court". Dumas, who was quick-witted, spent the night writing a book. In 1829, the play "Henry III and His Court" came out, and the French theater scene applauded Dumas's debut.
Soon, the play was staged at the Théâtre de Paris. Hugo and numerous Romantic writers went to the theater to see it, and thought that it was a big victory for the Romantics. The play depicts the struggles, deceptions, and conspiracies between kings and reactionary nobles during the French Religious Wars in the 16th century. French literary critics considered The play Henry III and His Court to be the finest play of Dumas's life.
On July 27, 1824, a boy was born with Caterina Rabe. Like his father, the son was named Alexander (Dumas the Younger). Dumas was a French 19th-century Romantic writer. He is a 300-volume book, featuring novels and plays.
Representative works include: Henry III and His Court, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, etc. Most of his novels are set in real history, with twists and turns, often unexpected, and known as historical thrillers. The structure is clear and clear, the language is vivid and powerful, and the dialogue is flexible and witty, which constitute the characteristics of Dumas's novels, and thus are praised by posterity as the "king of popular novels".
Dumas adhered to republican political views and opposed the monarchy. He participated in the "July Revolution" of 1830, the revolution that overthrew the July Dynasty in 1848, and Garibaldi's conquest of the Kingdom of Naples. After a severe loss of memory in 1870 and bedridden, he instructed his family to hire a priest. But when Father Andreyo arrived, he was already unconscious. He died in the arms of his daughter Mary at the age of 68. Dumas's body is temporarily buried in the cemetery of the Nieville Chapel, one kilometer from Diap. A delegation from the Municipal Council of Diap and a number of writers and artists attended the funeral.
On November 30, 2002, his remains arrived in Paris from his hometown and were moved to the Hall of Fame---- the Panthéon in Paris, attended by French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Raffarin. Dumas was the 72nd person to make an extraordinary contribution to France to enter the Panthéon and the sixth French writer to enter the Panthéon after Voltaire, Rousseau, Hugo, Zola and Malraux.
Page 2 Reader's Comments
1. "The Three Musketeers" is a storyline set against the backdrop of the struggle between the French and British court ministers. Although Dumas's evaluation of historical figures is not entirely appropriate, and the description of historical events is very arbitrary, on the whole, his historical novels are still like a colorful picture.
2. Although the work is a popular novel, the text is quite exquisite, gorgeous and not difficult, funny and not vulgar. The work more or less reflects the social phenomena of the time from different angles, exposing the hypocritical relationship between the figures of the ruling class, which is also an important reason why it still has vitality to this day.
3. The main literary achievement of "The Three Musketeers" is that it has shaped a series of flesh-and-blood characters. D'Artagnan's wit, bravery and friendship. Athos was sophisticated and jealous, and Porthos was rude and vain. Aramis was well-mannered and flexible. Milady's youthful beauty and fierce heart. The cardinal's unfathomable, insidious and treacherous. Mrs. Bonasieux's innocence and kindness and her husband's foolish and ridiculous character are vividly on paper, and they are just right, vivid, and of high aesthetic value. It shows people a magnificent picture of French society at that time.
Page 3 Background of writing
"The Three Musketeers", also translated as "The Three Musketeers" and "The Hidden Book of Heroes", the book has been remade into a film work five times. The protagonist of the story is d'Artagnan, and the three musketeers are Athos, Bordos, and Aramis.
Set against the backdrop of the reign of King Louis XIII of France and the reign of cardinal Richelieu, the historical novel depicts how the three musketeers, Athos, Bordos, Aramis, and their friend Daldardanion were loyal to the king and fought against Richelieu, thus reflecting the intrigue within the ruling class.
At that time, the Reformation began in predominantly Catholic France, and as a result, Protestant forces became increasingly powerful and occupied many cities, forming a state-within-state situation. For the unification of France and the consolidation of power, in 1625 the cardinal personally commanded an army to capture the last fortress of Protestantism, la Rochelle, and deprived Protestantism of its political privileges.
This history was a major political event in France at that time, and this book takes it as the background, but does not stick to history, sublimates the events and characters that appear in history, and evolves into a magnificent and exciting literary masterpiece. This is also Dumas's consistent writing style, he loves history, but he is not stuck in history.
Biography
D'Artagnan: Louis XIII's first captain of the guard corps and musketeers' deputy captain, later promoted to Grand Marshal of France. At the end of the third book, The Viscount of Brajelon, The Three Musketeers, he was killed by the last shot of the city while promoted to Marshal of France.
Milady: The biggest female villain in the novel, beautiful and moving, full of charm, rhetoric, fierce and fierce, poisonous as a snake and scorpion. Most of the cardinal conspiracies were carried out. He was finally beheaded by the executioner.
Cardinal: Richelieu, the powerful French prime minister, and the important courtier apparently relied on by King Louis XIII, designed to frame the queen for personal affection, provoke the relationship between the queen and the king, and take the opportunity to weaken the king's authority in an attempt to monopolize power.
Athos: Musketeer, one of d'Artagnan's best friends, the nobleman count de Lafair, who joined the Muskets in anonymity, is a man of deep stature. In Viscount Brajelona, he died of grief and haggard death due to the death of his illegitimate son, Viscount Brajelona.
Porthos: Musketeer, formerly known as Du Vallon, one of d'Artagnan's best friends, fast-talking, chestless. In Viscount Brajelona, he was crushed to death by a boulder to cover Aramis.
Aramis: Musketeer, formerly known as René. De Elbla. One of d'Artagnan's best friends, ostensibly bent on becoming a priest, was in fact inseparable from his lover. In Viscount Brajelona, he fled to Spain under the cover of Porthos to become a duke, and was the only one among several musketeers to die well.
King: Louis XIII, a vain man, who coldly treats Queen Anna of Austria and fights with the powerful Prime Minister Richelieu.
Queen: Anna of Austria, who sleeps with the king and dreams of sharing a bed, was george villiers, duke of Buckingham, the favorite minister of King James I of England.
Treville: Captain of the Kings Musketeers, a strong supporter of the four-man adventure of d'Artagnan and others.
Page 4 Summary of contents
The three musketeers, also known as the protagonist of the book "The Three Musketeers", the young warrior d'Artagnan, carrying the fifteen Eju left to him by his father, rode a long hairy skinny horse, bid farewell and kissed, and went to Paris, hoping to become a musketeer in the king musketeer team led by treville, who was led by his father. At the Captain's Mansion, he meets three musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, and through the duels of European knights, the four of them form a life-and-death confidant.
At that time, King Louis XIII, Queen Anna Austria, and Prime Minister Richelieu had three powers, and there was a gap between them. The king secretly praised d'Artagnan for defeating the Prime Minister's men several times, but the Prime Minister held a grudge. Coinciding with the fact that Queen Anna of Austria's old lover, the Duke of Buckingham, england, was still in love with her, the queen gave her a diamond pendant to show her nostalgia.
The bishop then took advantage of the deed trap and repeatedly rumored to the king that the king should send someone to organize a court ball, and let the queen carry the diamond pendant that the king gave her to correct the truth. The queen, seeing that the date of the ball was approaching, was distraught, but fortunately her confidante, Bonasseur, tried to ask d'Artagnan for help. D'Artagnan fell in love with Bonace at first sight, and hated each other late, so he disregarded his personal safety, fully agreed, and with the full support of three friends, the four of them went to England separately.
After a tortuous and bizarre ordeal, only d'Artagnan arrived as scheduled, explained the reason to Buckingham, and promptly returned the diamond diamond pendant, saving the queen's urgent need and smashing the cardinal's plot. Cardinal Richelieu also had a long-term interest in Anna Austria, but he was never favored by the queen. So he was jealous, and he turned his hatred to his enemy, the Duke of Buckingham, and took advantage of the Franco-British war caused by the contradiction between the old and new believers, in a vain attempt to get rid of Buckingham to solve the hatred in his heart.
To this end, he recruited a group of henchmen, the most powerful of whom was Gary Milady. This woman is born beautiful, as beautiful as peach and plum, but she has two sides and three knives, a honey belly sword, a fierce heart, and a poisonous snake and scorpion. Impressed by her beauty, d'Artagnan cleverly plotted to sneak into the inner chamber and lure her out. In the midst of the rain and clouds, d'Artagnan stumbled upon a lily on Milady's shoulder, which was a shameful punishment for European women's crimes at that time. The exposure of this secret, which had been hidden for several years, made her hate d'Artagnan to the bone, and she did not share the sky, and set traps several times to assassinate, but without success.
In the French-British confrontation, which focused on the siege of la Rochelle, Richelieu and Buckingham each took charge of the two countries. Richelieu secretly sent Milady undercover in England to assassinate Buckingham, and Milady offered to kill d'Artagnan in exchange. As soon as she set foot on British soil, she was captured by Lord Winter, who had been informed in advance of d'Artagnan, and placed under house arrest. During her captivity, she seduced Lord Winter's confidant, Felton, who volunteered to save Milady and stabbed Buckingham to death.
On his way back to France, Milady stumbled into the monastery and found Bonasseur, the mistress of d'Artagnan, who had been sent by the queen to protect her, and poisoned her to death. Four friends, d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, traveled day and night, painstakingly tracking, together with Lord Winter and an executioner, and finally captured Milady, who was trying to abscond belgium, on the banks of the River Lis.
The six enemies conspire together to uncover Milady's old bottom: she has long since escaped into the empty door, but she is not willing to be young and lonely, and seduces a small priest to live with her. The priest was imprisoned for corrupting the rules of the church, and she was also branded with a lily by the executioner, the brother of the little priest. The priest escaped from prison and eloped with Milady, and the executioner was imprisoned for suffering and took the blame for his brother's crime.
In a foreign land, Milady, feeling poor and loving the rich, abandoned the little priest and married a young local count of Rafael, causing the latter to ruin his family and abandon him. The Count of Rafael hated it so much that he joined the army under the pseudonym Athos and joined the King's Musket Corps to comfort the loss of love and deception.
Milady fled to England, where he deceived Lord Winter into marrying him and having a son. However, in order to monopolize her husband and her brother's inheritance, she murdered her second husband. She was full of sins and anger, and was immediately killed on the banks of the River Lis. At this point, d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, Aramis, Lord Winter and the executioner each took revenge and hated each other, but they had long-cherished wishes.
When Richelieu learned that d'Artagnan was the mastermind of the murder of his confidant Milady, he ordered his close associate Rochefort to arrest him. D'Artagnan is not humble, frank and frank, and makes the reason clear. Richelieu was deeply touched by the fact that he regarded death as a return, and his bravery was unmatched, and the young man was deeply moved, and instead of committing a crime, he was promoted to the rank of adjutant of his musketeer team. Athos, Porthos, and Aramis either returned to their hometowns, or married a widow, or converted to the door, and the whole book ended.
Page 5 Quotes
1) Only with an extremely carefree attitude can extreme anxiety be overcome.
2, melancholy is because of their own incompetence, trouble is due to desire can not be satisfied, irritability is a manifestation of timidity.
3. Whoever has a moment of timidity may have let go of the incense bait that lucky stretched out to him in this instant.
4, behind the luck in front of the eyes hides a fear of the future.
5) A drop of water is enough to teach a pot full of water to overflow, and a slight transgression can bring punishment to those who have escaped justice for many evils.
6, a person in the prosperous and developed, should spread a meal to the left and right, and when the unlucky time can be more or less harvested a few meals.
(To be continued)
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