Many people ask: What is so good about "The Count of Monte Cristo"? Why did it become a world famous book?
Some people say that this book is the book of enlightenment of their own life literature, and some people say that after reading this book, it will even change your life.
"The Count of Monte Cristo" mainly tells the story of a young sailor, Edmund Das, who was framed and imprisoned when he was married to his lover, and was imprisoned in the prison of Yves Island for 14 years, after which he successfully escaped and found a huge treasure hidden in Monte Cristo. After that, Tang Dynasty changed his name to the Count of Monte Cristo and embarked on a path of revenge.
The author of this book is Dumas, a famous playwright and novelist, known as the "French National Writer", which held up half of the sky of 19th-century French literature. His representative works include "The Count of Monte Cristo", "The Three Musketeers", "Twenty Years Later", "Queen Margot", etc., which have been popular in the world for nearly 200 years and have a huge impact.
Dumas on the left, Dumas on the right
Dumas's novels occupy an important place in 19th-century Romantic literature, and their readability and popularity are unmatched. His son Dumas the Younger was the author of La Traviata.
The Count of Monte Cristo is an excellent novel, its protagonist is very brilliant and elegant, and its experience is unforgettable. The plot of the novel has twists and turns. From the text evolved a number of minor plots, the vignettes are compact and wonderful but not noisy, and the plot is bizarre but does not violate the reality of life. It has attracted countless readers for more than a hundred years. I hope that in this era, you will also be attracted to read classic books across the ages.
All the wisdom of mankind is gathered in hope and waiting
The end of the book says: "All the wisdom of mankind has been gathered in these two words, that is, 'waiting' and 'hope'" From the earl waiting for 14 years to finally leave prison and become rich and invincible, to Valentina finally getting out of suspended animation and reuniting with her lover, and Heidai bitterly waiting for more than ten years to avenge those who betrayed her father and king, the two themes of waiting and hope have been emphasized. There will always be a trough in life, but hope is always there, and the key lies in waiting.
There is a sentence in the book that has always influenced Lao Gu:
God gave people limited power but gave people unlimited desires.
Sometimes the greater the desire, the more tired people live, the more they want, sometimes the more they lose, life will always have a lot of setbacks and difficulties, some of which are caused by desire.
Of course, when you really have to face the difficult situation one day, I hope you do not lack the courage to start all over again.
Keep hoping, keep waiting, and you can also go from an average person to a successful person.
In this story, there is greed and sin, there is hatred and planning, there is humiliation and guilt, and there is happiness and revenge.
But the warmest of these forces is hope and love.
Life has never been smooth sailing, this moment is rejoicing, the next moment may be sad.
Impermanence is the norm of life.
Hope is the salvation of suffering.
In the midst of any hardship, do not give up hope.
In any muddy bump, yearn for the light.
One day, you will cross the wind and rain and walk to the other side of the bright flowers.
How powerful is The Count of Monte Cristo?
Yu Hua, the author of "Alive", has been invited to recommend several books to readers, and the first thing he thought of was "The Count of Monte Cristo".
I first read it in my twenties, when I didn't eat, drink or sleep, and I read this huge work almost frantically, and then I was exhausted for a month at the beginning of my serious illness.
Not only that, but he also recommended the author Alexandre Dumas to his son as a classic enlightenment:
Márquez, the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, also recommended "The Count of Monte Cristo" to Clinton.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton invited several writers to the White House.
He asked everyone in the room what their favorite novel was, and Márquez's first choice was The Count of Monte Cristo.
Jin Yong, even more known as "China's Dumas", modestly stated that he could not be compared with Dumas, and repeatedly said that Dumas taught him to write popular novels.
The great literary hero Hugo praised it this way:
No one can be more popular than Dumas, whose name has surpassed France, who has surpassed Europe, who is the whole world.
If you only read one world masterpiece in your lifetime, you must read it
When you have setbacks in your life, when you feel lost, read The Count of Monte Cristo, which allows you to find love and hope.
If you are also suffering from setbacks and pain, then go through this book, and you will find great spiritual strength in it, just like me!
Even Mr. Jin Yong found a lot of inspiration from it.
The story of the first reading of "The Count of Monte Cristo" is the greatest and most magnificent revenge in history, the second reading is culture, which can be said to be a social encyclopedia, and the third reading is spiritual power!
A world-famous book like "The Count of Monte Cristo" is not read even ten times in a lifetime.
After reading it yourself, you should also recommend it to your son and daughter to read.