英文读后感

Le Comte de Monte-Christo 基督山伯爵

Edmond Dantès 爱德蒙·唐泰斯

Danglars 唐格拉尔

Morrel 莫雷尔

Mercédès 梅尔塞苔丝

Caderousse 卡德鲁斯

Fernand 费尔南

Louis XVIII 路易十八

Villefort 维尔福

Faria 法里亚

Noirtier 诺瓦迪埃

Albert 阿尔贝

Franz 弗朗兹

Valentine 瓦朗蒂娜

Maximilien 马克西米利安

Haydée 海黛

基督山伯爵是法

国作家大仲马的杰出作品。

1815年2月底,法老号远洋货船的年轻代理船长爱德蒙·唐泰斯回到马塞港。老船长勒克莱尔病死在途中,他曾托唐泰斯把船开到一个小岛上去见囚禁中的拿破仑,拿破仑委托唐泰斯捎一封密信给他在巴黎的亲信。唐泰斯这次回国可以说是春风得意:他已经准备好要和相爱多年的女友梅尔塞苔丝结婚,然后一同前往巴黎。但他万万没有想到,在货船上当押运员的唐格拉尔一心要取代唐泰斯的船长地位,唐泰斯的情敌费尔南也对他又嫉又恨。结果两个人勾结到一起,费尔南把唐泰斯的一张告密条送到了当局的手中。正当唐泰斯举行婚礼之际,他被逮捕了。审理这个案子的是代理检察官德·维尔福,他发现密信的收信人就是自己的父亲德·维尔福·诺瓦蒂埃,为了确保自己的前途,他宣判唐泰斯为极度危险的政治犯,并将其打入孤岛上的伊夫堡监狱。[3]

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唐泰斯在死牢里度过了14年的时光,开始的时候他坚信自己的清白,总以为检察官有一天会出现在他面前,宣布他无罪。然而随着时间的推移,他失望了,甚至有过自杀的念头,然而他对未婚妻的思念支撑着他活下去。有一天,他突然听见有人在近旁挖掘的声音,原来是隔壁牢房的法利亚神甫在挖地道,因为神甫的计算错误,地道的出口开在了唐泰斯的牢房。两人相遇后,老神甫帮助他分析了他的遭遇,唐泰斯开始意识到陷害自己的仇人是谁了。在

神甫的教授下,唐泰斯还学会了好几种语言,并得知了一个秘密:在一个叫作基督山的小岛上埋藏着一笔巨大的财富。[4]

有一天,法里亚神甫因蜡屈症发作去世了,唐泰斯钻入准备运送神甫死尸的麻袋中,狱卒并没有察觉,将他当作尸体扔进了大海。唐泰斯用小刀划破麻袋,游到了附近的一个小岛上。[1] 次日,一只走私船救了他,他很快和同船员们成了朋友。他利用四处游荡的机会,在基督山岛发现了宝藏:一个大柜分隔成3个部分,分别装着古金币,金块,以及钻石、珍珠和宝石。唐泰斯一下就成了一个亿万富翁,他的目标只有一个,那就是复仇。为此,他要回到社会里去重新获得地位、势力和威望,而在这个世界上只有钱才能使人获得这一切,钱是支配人类最有效和最伟大的力量。此时的唐泰斯已经是一个新人了:有渊博的知识、高雅的仪态和无数的财富,深谋远虑,内心充满了仇恨。[5]

通过多方打探,他核实了唐格拉尔、费尔南和维尔福陷害自己的实情,并得知自己的未婚妻梅尔塞苔丝已经同费尔南结了婚,而自己的老父亲在病中抑郁而死,他的仇恨之火越燃越旺,但他还要为复仇做许多准备工作!8年之后,唐泰斯回到了巴黎。他化名为基督山伯爵,身份是银行家。此时,维尔福是巴黎法院检察官,唐格拉尔成了银行家,费尔南成了莫尔塞夫伯爵,三人都飞黄腾达,地位显赫。[6]

在复仇之前,唐泰斯决定先要报恩。法老号的船主是一个忠厚、勇敢而且热情的人。他曾在唐泰斯落难时为他四处奔波,还帮他照顾年迈的父亲。后来莫雷尔先生破产了,绝望当中,他准备自杀。唐泰斯知道之后,替他还清了债务,送给他女儿一笔优厚的嫁妆,还送给他一艘新的法老号。然后,唐泰斯说:“我已经借天主之手报答了恩人;现在复仇之神授我以他的权力,命我去惩罚仇人!”在报答了曾在他危难之际给过他无私帮助的人之后,唐泰斯开始一步步准备自己的复仇计划了。[7]

基督山伯爵的目标首先是费尔南。费尔南为了谋取一切之私利可以说是坏事做尽,此时他更名换姓,过着养尊处优的生活。基督山伯爵早就摸清了他的底细,伯爵借他人之手在报纸上披露了费尔南20年代在希腊出卖和杀害了阿里总督的事实,引起了议员们的质询。在听证会上,基督山伯爵收养的阿里总督的女儿海黛出席作证,揭发了费尔南在与土耳其人的无耻的交易的中,不但把城堡拱手相让,而且把他的恩主杀害,并把恩主的妻子、女儿作为一部分战利品,卖得40万法郎的罪行。审查委员会断定费尔南犯了判逆罪和暴行迫害罪,这使得费尔南名誉扫地,狼狈不堪。费尔南本来寄希望于儿子阿尔贝,希望他能够同基督山伯爵决斗,以此雪“耻”,但他的妻子(唐泰斯的未婚妻梅尔塞苔丝)早就认出了基督山伯爵就是唐泰斯,她把真相告诉了阿尔贝。最后阿尔贝不顾自己的名声,与基督山伯爵讲和,并决定同母亲一起抛弃沾满了鲜血的家产,不辞而别。无奈之下,费尔南只有自己去找基督山伯爵决斗。决斗时,基督山伯爵用很冷淡的口吻嘲讽地说:“您不就是那个在滑铁卢之战前夕开小差逃走的小兵费尔南吗?您不就是那个在西班牙当法军向导和间谍的费尔南中尉吗?您不就是那个背叛、出卖并谋害自己恩主的费尔南中将吗?而这些个费尔南加起来,不就是现在身为法国贵族议员的您吗?”最后,基督山伯爵说出了自己的真实身份。费尔南失

魂落魄地回到家里,正遇上自己的妻子和儿子离家出走,一个去乡下隐居,一个去投军,极度害怕与绝望使得他开枪自杀了。[2]

基督山伯爵的第二个仇人就是唐格拉尔。唐格拉尔在法军入侵西班牙时靠供应军需品发了横财,他的银行可以支配几百万法郎的资产。基督山伯爵为了取得唐格拉尔的信任,拿出欧洲大银行家的三封信。在唐泰斯那里开了三个可以“无限透支”的帐户,慑服了唐格拉尔。之后他又收买了电报局的雇员,发了一份虚报军情的电报,诱使唐格拉尔出售债卷,折损了一笔巨款。基督山伯爵于是将一个逃犯——维尔福和唐格拉尔夫人的私生子安德烈亚·卡瓦尔坎蒂打扮成意大利亲王的儿子,并介绍给唐格拉尔。为了避免银行的倒闭,唐格拉尔将女儿欧仁妮嫁给了“亲王之子”。在婚礼上,宪兵逮捕了这个逃犯,让唐格拉尔出了大丑。在无奈之下,唐格拉尔窃取了济贫机构的500万法郎逃往意大利。途中,他落在了基督山伯爵的强盗朋友路易吉·万帕的手上。他们先把他饿得半死,然后以10万法郎的高价向他出售一顿饭,直到把他的500万法郎全部都榨光。唐格拉尔被迫为自己所犯的罪行忏悔,而此时基督山伯爵出现了,向他公开了身份,说:“我就是那个被你出卖和污蔑的人。我的未婚妻被迫改嫁,我的父亲被你害得饿死。我本来也应该让你死于饥饿,但我饶恕你!”唐格拉尔听后大叫一声,倒在地上缩成一团。随后,基督山伯爵给了他5万法郎让他自谋生路。唐格拉尔饱受折磨和惊吓,他的头发全白了。[8]

基督山伯爵最大的仇人是维尔福,他决定用更残忍的手段摧毁维尔福的一切。他先买下了维尔福以前的一所处所,在这里维尔福曾企图残忍地活埋自己和唐格拉尔夫人的私生子(安德烈亚·卡瓦尔坎蒂)。然后他巧妙地将二人引到这里,并点出了两人当年的丑事。结果,唐格拉尔夫人当场晕倒,维尔福也不得不靠在墙上喘息。经过一番较量之后,维尔福开始对基督山伯爵的身份产生了怀疑。他找到基督山伯爵的两个密友询问,但这两个密友都是基督山伯爵一个人扮演的,他自然一无所获。此时,基督山伯爵注意到了维尔福家庭内部的一个破绽:维尔福的后妻企图让自己的孩子独自继承遗产。于是他假装无意之中透露给了她一个毒药配方,[9] 后妻利用这种毒药毒死了维尔福的前岳母、老仆人,并阴谋毒死前妻的孩子瓦朗蒂娜。由于曾经的因缘关系,基督山伯爵对瓦朗蒂娜暗中保护,并让她暗中观察到了继母下毒的过程。最后,基督山伯爵将这个孩子送到了基督山岛上。维尔福发现自己妻子下毒后对自己妻子一番恶语后审理了险些成了唐格拉尔女婿的逃犯杀人案。在基督山伯爵的授意下,逃犯当众说出了自己的身世。维尔福知道已落到一个复仇之神的手里,被迫承认“无须证据,这个青年人所说的话都是真的……从此刻起,我悉听下任检察官的发落。”这时,维尔福的脸色像死人一样苍白,牙齿像一个发寒热的人那样格格的打抖。回家的路上,他想起了自己恶语相对的妻子渴望与妻子和儿子一块生活。当他仓惶地回到家里,发现自己妻子因为后悔下毒而与儿子一起服毒自杀了。在巨大的打击之下,维尔福疯了。[10]

基督山伯爵大仇已报,他深深地感谢上帝。在他看来,他所做的一切都是秉承上帝的旨意,假基督之手在人间扬善惩恶。他说:“现在我的工作完成了,我的使命也终止了。别了,巴黎!”于是,他同海黛远走高飞了。

 

第二篇:Sense and Sensibility英文读后感

Let Your Head Control Your Heart

What would you do if you are announced that the one you love has been engaged with another person for a long time? Elinor, the lead character of Sense and Sensibility, decides to respect Edward's promise to that girl and remain her deep love in her heart, though she adores Edward very much and Edward's fiancee Lucy is a stupid woman who doesn't deserve Edward's love at all.

After reading the novel Sense and Sensibility(S&S in short), I can't stop myself from thinking about all the scenes the book brought me. However, let me make a brief introduction to the novel and its author at first.

Jane Austen is my favorite author. In her short life, she wrote six of the greatest novels in the English Language. Besides S&S, she is also famous for Pride and Prejudice, Emma Persuasion, etc. S&S is the first one to be written, but Jane's skills to write are showed completely. Today, her novels, at which she worked with great care, have become a famed and timeless favorite.

Jane's novels all have something to do with young ladies’ marriage, so does S&S. Elinor is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dashwood. She is composed but affectionate. On the one hand, her growing love for Edward surfers a check; on the other hand, she has to comforts and supports her heart-broken younger sister Marianne. Marianne’s emotional mind and romantic thoughts drives her to an attractive but selfish young man Willoughby, who abandons Marianne and marries wealthy Miss. Gray. Luckily, things turn well. Edward’s fiancee Lucy decides to break up with Edward, so he ultimately marries Elinor after he is free from a four-year wrong engagement. Meanwhile, Marianne thinks over about what kind of person she is truly looking for and accepts the proposal of Brandon, who acts kindly, honorable, and gracious to everyone. Both of the couples live happily ever after.

I want to talk about this novel and show admire to Jane in three ways:

First, to the great person she portrayed. It’s clear that comparing Elinor to Marianna, our author likes the former better. Elinor is the heroine of Jane's novel because she is always trying to find a workable middle between passion and reason. She represents qualities of "sense": reason, social responsibility, and a clear-headed concern for the welfare of others. As for the younger one Marianne, who represents qualities of "sensibility": emotion, impulsiveness, and rapturous devotion. Jane expressed her compassion to Marianne and led her to a saner way. In my opinion, I love both of the sisters. As a matter of fact, Marianne catches most of the fancy of me. She does what she wants to do. She loves who she wants to love. She hates to obey the hypocritical social rules. If we compare Elinor to Xue Baochai, Marianne does have something in common with Lin Daiyu. Marianne doesn’t follow who she doesn’t agree with. What’s more, just like Elinor once says,”Marianne never loves somebody with half of her heart and soul.” How adorable she is!

Second, to the perfect writing skills Jane used. Among all the 50 chapters, a large amount of brilliant conversations and descriptions are found easily. Facing to all the annoying negative characters, Jane can always go right to the heart of the matter: vanity, greed and bad social ideas towards men and women. She isn’t criticizing anyone, but the most talent ironic essays in the world flow under Jane’s pen! On the contract, our author is fond of her lead characters and used her passion to make them vivid. Besides Elinor and Marianne, Edward’s honesty and Brandon’s consideration also impressed me a lot. In addition, the England country scenery which she gave a color to is unbelievable for its beauty! No wonder so many romantic things happened there!

Finally, I’d like to sum up my own feelings. I recognize that, it’s the hardest thing in one’s

lifetime to choose from sense and sensibility. It’s too childish to let sense cover up sensibility. Entire sense doesn’t seem realistic. I’ve learnt that, the sign of growing up means that you can control sense with sensibility. Only by doing this, can you not only feel good about yourself but also get along well with all your surroundings.

By Pheonix Lu

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