大仲马《基督山伯爵》.pdf

THE COUNT OF
MONTE CRISTO
Alexandre Dumas
作者简介
大仲马( ),小说家、剧作家,
生于法国维莱科特雷。年迁居巴黎,在那里当职员,并开始写
作。岁时因戏剧《亨利三世》(Ⅲ)而闻名。在创作
几个剧本后,改为写旅行见闻和历史小说。作为小说家,他久享盛
名,其抱负是试图把法国历史都写成小说。他最著名的作品有《基督
山伯爵》( ),《三个火枪
手》( ),《黑色郁金香》(
)。他曾在布鲁塞尔度过两年流亡生活(
)。
The Count of Monte Cristo 1
Chapter 1
Marseilles — The Arrival.
On the 24th of February, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde
signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples.
As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d’If, got on
board the vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island.
Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint-Jean were
covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to
come into port, especially when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been built,
rigged, and laden at the old Phocee docks, and belongs to an owner of the
city.
The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which some volcanic
shock has made between the Calasareigne and Jaros islands; had doubled
Pomegue, and approached the harbor under topsails, jib, and spanker, but
so slowly and sedately that the idlers, with that instinct which is the fore-
runner of evil, asked one another what misfortune could have happened on
board. However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any
accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down
with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, the
jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who
was steering the Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port,
was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every mo-
tion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.
The vague disquietude which prevailed among the spectators had so much
affected one of the crowd that he did not await the arrival of the vessel in
harbor, but jumping into a small skiff, desired to be pulled alon