Wen | Yilu Qiqi
The first time I heard the name Dumas was from a story between their father and son.
The general plot goes like this:
Dumas's initial submission was often rejected, and Dumas advised him to reveal his identity when submitting in the future. Dumas was reluctant to bear the aura of his father, and still insisted on using a pen name that was not related to his surname. It wasn't until the novel La Traviata received widespread attention and the editor discovered the mystery from the mailing address that the father-son relationship between Dumas and Dumas was no longer a secret.
Later, Dumas claimed that his most successful work was his son Dumas the Younger.
He even said something like this before he died: "I draw from my dreams, my son draws from reality; I write with my eyes closed, my son writes with his eyes open; I paint, he takes pictures." ”
This is both a sincere admiration and a wonderful summary of the differences in the creative styles of the father and son. One is romanticism and the other is realism. The two styles, which are not superior or inferior in the literary sense, can be considered a kind of progress in the social sense.
It can be seen that whether as a literary master or as a father, Dumas is not proud of his creative enthusiasm, exquisite skills, and respect. On the contrary, it can achieve a low posture and deal with things peacefully.
No wonder Hugo said: "He is as cheerful as a summer thunderstorm, a likable man." He was a thick cloud, a thunderclap, a bolt of lightning, but he had never hurt anyone. All the people knew that he was as gentle and generous as ganlin of the great drought. ”
Therefore, although Dumas was born in a wealthy family, the enthusiastic and playful qualities of his personality made him extremely affinity, which also paved the way for him to go deep into the folk to collect materials. All kinds of anecdotes, quietly picked up in the hearing and witnessing, slowly evolved in exchanges and collisions, only to wait for one day to be written into the story by him, once again full of vitality and vitality.
As one of Dumas's masterpieces, the original prototype of the book "The Count of Monte Cristo" is a story that is heard, born from the real experience of a shoemaker's revenge. Through the processing of materials and rational imagination, Dumas wrote it with vitality, and Gorky once described it as "a refreshing reading". It can be seen that this work is indeed worth reading.
The work is mainly about the young and promising crew member Dontés, who is about to become the captain of the ship because he is appreciated by the owner of the ship. However, he unfortunately offended the villain and was taken to prison at an engagement party with his fiancée, where he spent more than a decade in prison. Fortunately, on the verge of despair, he met his fellow inmate Priest Faria and told him the secret about Monte Cristo. After escaping from prison, Dontés traveled to Monte Cristo, where he found the treasure and later changed his name to The Count of Monte Cristo. Those who had intersected with him in the past were either rewarded or punished, and he himself eventually gained a new understanding and was reborn.
When this book was first introduced to China, it was called "The Vengeance of Monte Cristo".
Reading through the whole book, it is not difficult to find that the most extensive content is indeed the protagonist Dontés escaped from prison and used the treasure of Monte Cristo to repay the favor and revenge. However, the book repeatedly emphasizes that the renamed Dontés, the Count of Monte Cristo, is punishing evil and promoting good in the name of God through the hands of others, and that the last chapter elevates the theme to the level of the true meaning of death, life and happiness, so the name "Count of Monte Cristo" is obviously more relevant.
Speaking of which, you must be curious, why did the protagonist, Dontés, change his name to the Count of Monte Cristo? Why did he go to jail? Why did he go to jail? And how did you escape? How did he get to Monte Cristo? How to get the treasure? How much treasure is there in Monte Cristo? What are the different experiences of his benefactor and his enemy? What kind of pain and struggle did he go through and finally gain some understanding?
This series of questions, you will find the answer in the next few days of sharing:
Part I: Meet you around the corner
Part II: Opportunities are always left to those who are prepared
Part III: Grace is not reciprocated by non-gentlemen
Part IV: If life is only as it first appears
Part V: Many unrighteous deeds will bring misfortune
Part VI: Leave room for everything
Part Seven: Say Goodbye to the Past and Realize Self-Redemption
The above is an overview of the main contents of the book, and the stories in the book are all derived from greed in the end. The person who frames the protagonist either covets his status and wants to replace him; or is jealous of his beautiful love and always thinks about how to make the beauty empathetic; or out of selfish interests, for the purpose of achieving the goal, he will not hesitate to step on others as his own paving stone. In the end, it is driven by things outside the body.
And the revenge of the protagonist Don Taisi, in a general sense, is to ask for an explanation for himself, to find an outlet for the suffering he has endured over the years. In the process, after several twists and turns, his wealth is growing, and his knowledge and experience are constantly enriching. When he finally completed his revenge on his past enemies, it seemed that the ending was different from what he had hoped, and this difference mainly stemmed from his mentality.
He found that the pleasure of revenge did not make him truly happy, and he had to let go of his baggage and reconcile with himself in order to be happy from the heart.
Thus, at the end of the book, the Count of Monte Cristo tells us that the total wisdom of mankind is contained in five words—waiting and hope!
It's an open-ended ending, but it's also the one that best fits the romantic style. May we all reconcile with ourselves and find our true romanticism!