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TheCountofMonteCristo基督山伯爵AboutAlexanderDumas（亚历山大·大仲马）AlexanderDumaswasbornin1802inthevillage,fiftymilesnortheastofParis.TheyoungerDumaswasnotagoodstudent,buthehadexcellenthandwriting.In1829,hehadhisfirstdramaticsuccess,withHenryIIIandHisCourt.Sincethen,Dumasbecamefamous.Inthelate1830s,Dumasbeganwritingnovels,Dumaswassogoodatwritingthathesometimeshadthreeorfourserialnovelsrunningatthesametime.HiswritingsoonmadehimthemostfamousFrenchmanofhisday.In1844,thesameyearhepublishedTheThreeMusketeers（三个火枪手）,DumasbegantheserializationofTheCountofMonteCristo（基督山伯爵）.Dumasalsofoundthetimetolivelikeoneofhisdashing,reckless,dramaticheroes.Hewasconstantlyengagedinloveaffairs,foreignAdventures,andexorbitantspending.Dumas’sself-indulgentlifestyleandexcessivegenerosityeventuallytookatollonhisfinances.Bythetimehesufferedastrokein1870,hewasfarfromarichman,despitethefactthathehadearnedmillionsofdollarsinhislifetime.HediedinDecember1870atthehomeofhisson,thenovelistAlexanderDumastheyounger.(亚历山大·小仲马)ThemaincontentofthestoryTheprotagonistofthestoryisEdmondDantes,heisabouttobecomethecaptainofaship,heisengagedtoabeautifulyoungwoman.Thisperfectlife,stirsupdangerousjealousyamongsomeofDantes’sfriends.Together,thesethreemendraftaletteraccusingDantesoftreason.So,Danteswassenttoprisonforlife.Whileinprison,DantesmeetsAbbeFaria,anItalianpriestandintellectual,whoteachesDantessomuchknowledge,turninghimintoawell-educatedman.FariaalsobequeathstoDantesalargetreasurehiddenontheislandofMonteCristo.Andthen,Dantesescapessuccessful.Hefindstheenormoustreasure.Tenyearslater,DantesisbacktoParis,callinghimselftheCountofMonteCristo.Hesetsanelaborateschemeofrevengeintomotion,heusesthetreasuretorewardthosewhohavetriedtohelphimand,moreimportant,punishingthosewhohavehurthim.Insummary,thisisthestoryofhisroadtoEdmondDantes(爱德蒙·唐泰斯)PriestFaria(神父法利亚)MainobjectsofhisrevengeDanglars(船大副腾格拉尔)FernandMondego(曾经的朋友弗尔南多)Villefort(检察官维尔福)Mercedes(未婚妻梅尔塞苔丝)Thewriter’sopinionDumas’sfinalmessageinthisepicworkofcrimeandpunishmentisthathumanbeingsmustsimplyresignthemselvestoallowingGodtorewardandpunish-whenandhowGodseesfit.大仲马在这部关于犯罪与惩罚的划时代巨著中要表达的最后信念是：人一定要顺从上帝的旨意，在上帝认为合适的时候去报善除恶“Beforeyouembarkonajourneyofrevenge,digtwograves.”--Confucius子曰：“攻乎异端，斯害也己。”Twoplaces:Absoluteforgivenessormortalvengeance彻底的宽恕或者永生的复仇