用英語聽《基度山恩仇記》| 用名著學英語📖

Wait and hope. >> This whole giant novel ends with just those two words. A young sailor is thrown in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He escapes, becomes rich, and takes his revenge. You know this one. >> The classic revenge story. So satisfying. >> Right, but here's what most people forget. His revenge was perfect, but it could

not give back the 14 years he lost. >> Wait, a revenge story that ends on hope? >> Exactly, and that's the part we always miss. So, let's go back to where it all began. Here's how Dumas tells it. >> In the French port of Marseille, a ship came home from a long voyage.

On board was Edmond Dantès, a young sailor, only 19 years old. He was honest and brave, and almost everyone who knew him loved him. The captain had died at sea. So, Edmond had guided the ship safely home. Now the owner wanted to make him the new captain, a huge honor. And there was more. Edmond was about to

marry the woman he loved. Her name was Mercédès, a beautiful young woman from a nearby fishing village. His old father wept with joy at his son's good fortune. A captain's rank, a wedding, a bright future, Edmond had everything. He could not know this was his last happy day for many years. But that happiness had enemies.

Edmond's good luck made other men burn with envy. On his ship worked Danglars, the clerk who counted the cargo. Danglars wanted the captain's job himself and hated that Edmond had won it. In the village lived Fernand, a young fisherman who loved Mercedes. Fernand could not bear that she had chosen Edmond instead of him.

One night, the two jealous men drank together at a tavern and made a plan. Together, they wrote a secret letter, unsigned and full of lies. It said Edmond was a traitor carrying a dangerous message for the fallen emperor. They sent this false letter to the law. Now, Edmond was in real danger. The letter reached Villefort, a young