《茶花女》英文读后感

---Book Review: “Camille”

I read the Chinese version of “Camille” a few years ago. At that time I was deeply moved by the main character Marguerite Gautier. “Camille” or “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas, fils, is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, or kept woman, in Paris in the mid 1800's, and how she falls in love with a young man, Armand Duval, and then tries to escape from her questionable past. Unfortunately, it comes back to haunt her and she ends up returning to that life and dies painfully and alone, but with the knowledge that she was a noble woman at heart. When I first began to read the book, I did not care for Marguerite or her attitude or lifestyle, but as I got further into the narrative, I realized that her saucy attitude was a front to cover the lonely woman that she really was. She felt used, abused and unloved, until the gentle Armand Duval came into her life and showed her that he loved her as a person and not for what she could do for him. It must have taken great courage for Marguerite to leave the life she had lived for so long, knowing all along that it was probably too good to be true and would not last indefinitely. And it also showed that Marguerite really loved Armand Duval for she could even change herself for him.

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My comment on Camille

I have read 《Camille》 this year. My father told me that when he was young he finished it only one night. So I couldn’t wait to read the story after graduation. At that time I was deeply moved by the main character Marguerite Gautier. “Camille” or “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexander Dumas, is a story about a girl whose name is Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, in Paris in the mid 1800's.The main plot is about how she falls in love with a young man, Armand Duval, and how she tries to escape from her questionable past. But what is unfortunate is that her past life comes back to haunt her and she ends up returning to that life and dies painfully and alone. But she still believed that she was a noble woman at heart., I did not care for her attitude to life when I first began to read the book, but as I got further into the narrative, I realized that her saucy attitude was just a front to cover the real loneness. She felt ashamed, abused. She was sad for nobody loves her until the gentle Armand Duval came into her life. Armand was the first man who gives her true love .Now I can see that it must have taken great courage for Marguerite to leave the life she had lived for long. She just feels it was too good to be true and would not last indefinitely. But Marguerite really loved Armand Duval for she could even change herself for him.

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Those Beautiful Flowers

---Book Review: “Camille”

I read the Chinese version of “Camille” a few years ago. At that time I was deeply moved by the main character Marguerite Gautier. “Camille” or “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas, fils, is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, or kept woman, in Paris in the mid 1800's, and how she falls in love with a young man, Armand Duval, and then tries to escape from her questionable past. Unfortunately, it comes back to haunt her and she ends up returning to that life and dies painfully and alone, but with the knowledge that she was a noble woman at heart. When I first began to read the book, I did not care for Marguerite or her attitude or lifestyle, but as I got further into the narrative, I realized that her saucy attitude was a front to cover the lonely woman that she really was. She felt used, abused and unloved, until the gentle Armand Duval came into her life and showed her that he loved her as a person and not for what she could do for him. It must have taken great courage for Marguerite to leave the life she had lived for so long, knowing all along that it was probably too good to be true and would not last indefinitely. And it also showed that Marguerite really loved Armand Duval for she could even change herself for him.

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美丽的悲剧

墙角里钻出一朵茶花。一个阴冷、黑暗、潮湿、没有阳光的墙角，糜烂是它的养料。然而，这茶花却比别的茶花，甚至别的任何一种花都美丽，美得脱俗，美得惊人，美得如痴如醉。可凡是花都是向往阳光的。努力、再努力一点，在茶花碰触到阳光那一刹那，在它因阳光的滋润而娇艳欲滴的那一刹那，无情的风折断了花枝，让它又倒在了阴冷的角落，无力再爬起，再去触摸那伸手可及的阳光。上帝是仁慈的，为了弥补命运对它的不公，没让它凋零后再死，而是让它保持着美貌离开了世间。 玛格丽特的爱情悲剧故事就是这样的。一介弱质女流在放荡且无目的的生命中找寻到了真爱，为此放弃了自己习以为常的大量物质享受，放弃了一切能使自己暂时快乐的糜烂生活习惯，只为求能和最爱的人呆在一起。要从深陷的泥潭中爬出来，是要花很大的力气和决心的，况且还要使自己最小程度地被泥水污染。玛格丽特做到了，而且做的非常出色。可如此巨大的付出，换回的仍是人们的不理解和排挤，还有自私的人们的恶意中伤。巨大的阻力最终还是使玛格丽特和爱人分开了，误会使最爱的人再自己最需要安慰的时候羞辱她，这是何等痛苦的事情？也许真的只有死亡可以拯救她。是的，玛格丽特死了，孤独的死去，再也没了活着时的奢华，以前无数的情人也忘了她。生前的生活愈是轰动，死的时候就愈是冷清。 亦或许，玛格丽特并不是个完全的悲剧人物，至少，她得到了真爱，她的灵魂得到了净化。贵妇人们只看到了她生活的奢侈和物质的享受，却不知道她高尚的情操也是自己所望尘莫及的。奇怪的资本主义上流社会的人们，明明鄙视放荡的妓女，却又要逼良为娼。如果玛格丽特没有生在这样一个肮脏、虚伪、残忍的资本主义时代，或许她就是圣母玛利亚。可惜那样的社会，那样的时代，连圣母也会被玷污。而在玛格丽特被玷污的躯壳下，顽强而又圣洁的灵魂正是读者们暗暗哭泣的原因。 感谢小仲马塑造了茶花女这样一个可悲却又可敬的美丽女子。然而，希望那已死去的花朵再次从泥土中萌芽、重生的时候，远离那阴暗的墙角，能每天和阳光为伴，即使不再那么美丽，也不要重复前世的悲剧。

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I read the Chinese version of “Camille” a few years ago. At that time I was deeply moved by the main character Marguerite Gautier. “Camille” or “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young kept woman, in Paris in the mid 1800's about how she falls in love with a young man, Armand Duval, and then tries to escape from her questionable past. Unfortunately, it comes back to haunt her and she returns to her old life for her lover’s future which makes her die painfully and alone, but with the knowledge that she was a noble woman at heart. I realized that her luxury life shows her lonely and empty spirit. She felt used to being abused and unloved, until the gentle Armand Duval came into her life and showed her that he loved her unconditionally and not for what she could do for him. It must have taken great courage for Marguerite to leave the life she had lived for so long, knowing all along that it was probably too good to be true and would not last indefinitely. And it also showed that Marguerite really loved Armand Duval for she could even change herself for him.

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La dame aux CaméliasW

Recently , I read the famous book written by French writer Alexandre Dumas,fils, which is called La dame aux Camélias .It is French name of it and you also can call it The Lady of the Camellias.And I got a lot from it and I want to share my feeling about it.

The whole story is about Marguerite,who is a kept woman in Paris in the mid of 1800s . After meeting Armand Duval ,Marguerite fell in love with the young man and even tried to flee from her questionable past ,so they left Paris and led a peaceful life.But the father of Armand thought it was a insult to let his son marry with the kept woman,so he went to Marguerite and pleaded with her for the reputation of Armand and his little daughter . At that time Marguerite also realized it was the right way to love her lover, so she went back to Paris, the past life ,and at last because of the illness ,she died in heavy debts and the regret that she did not meet her lover.

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她从来只带茶花。一个月中，有二十五天她带白色茶花，另外五天带红色茶花。没有人知道这颜色变幻的原因。在巴尔荣夫人的花店中，她被人称作茶花女。这名字就叫开了。”

玛格丽特，一个在巴黎混迹与烟花柳巷的风尘女子，一个身染重病沉疴的女子，一个过惯了穷奢极侈生活的女子，似乎是不应该有真正的爱情的。他似乎只应该有商业的感情，而不应该从中解脱出来，去收获真正的爱情，灵魂上的慰藉。而一旦获得，似乎就预示着一个悲剧的开始。她们这样的人平时只能沉醉在纸迷金醉的物质生活中，尽力掩饰和逃避真情的流露，而一旦确定了真爱归宿，便会毅然去追寻争取。玛格丽特就是这样的女子。

阿尔芒，似乎十分喜欢玛格丽特。实际上，他也确实十分爱着那个女人。可是他那多疑的性格（或许每个男人都具有），却让他实际上造成了这场悲剧。他貌似很坚定地追求着这段爱情，却实际上很软弱。他未能最终说服和反抗父亲的逼迫，尽管他做了努力。尤其是当玛格丽特离开他后，做了N伯爵的情人后，他那糊涂的判断力和可耻的侮辱行为，让我恨不能把他撕下来痛扁一顿。他自始至终没有拿出果断的勇气来追求他们的幸福。他没有在玛格丽特放弃时候强迫她重拾起爱情的信心，而这种强迫我可以肯定玛格丽特是很愿意接受的

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If I should summarize the story with a minimum of words, the summary would be like that one such courtesan, once in her life, experienced deep love, that she suffered for it and died for it. Most people have this image of Marguerite as always being sanctity and pure. She used to be a countrywoman, but she came to Paris to earn her bread by prostituting herself. Unfortunately, the extravagant circumstance made she lead her life in luxury. As she indulgent with herself, she still felt and detested the huge void in her life. She was visible still in the virgin stage of vice and anticipated a section of true love---- she knew clearly that those dukes’ love was a mere sham, what they really wanted was her marvelous face to show how their social statuses are.

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