Chapter 75 La Traviata and "Man Nong Ni Shi Ge"

La Traviata and "Man Nong Ni Shi Ge" Anyone who loves to read novels, I think there is no one who does not know the title of "Man Nong Cuo Shi Ge". of this novel.That's how I am myself. After reading Dumas's for the first time, I hurried to find "Man Nong She Shi Ge" to read. This novel has been translated into classical Chinese for a long time. "Man Nong She Shi Ge" is the original title of the book The transliteration of "Manon Lescaut" is also one of the series of books published by businessmen in those years. I can't remember who translated it, but I think it may be slightly better than Leng Hongsheng's translation of "La Traviata in Paris".

rear.However, the translation of this title is much inferior to that of "La Traviata in Paris". It was not until around 1930 that there was a Chinese translation of this novel for the first time, and the translator was Cheng Shaozong, who was in the same prison as me, is the nephew of Mr. Fangwu.The title of the book is Manon, It was not widely sold, and no one has reprinted it since then, so even if you want to find a copy of this translation I was afraid that it would not be easy. After reading it, the reason why I definitely want to read "Man Nong She Shi Ge", I think not only

People who have read novels have seen stage plays, heard operas, Or those who have seen the movie on the screen will understand, because the beginning of this story, It is through this "introduction".Alexandre Dumas used the first-person narrative to say that he happened to see tea The relics of the flower girl were auctioned, and I looked at them among the crowd, and found that one of the relics auctioned Among them, there is a volume of "Man Nong She Shi Ge", on which there is an inscription, which is a signature of Amon. The man gave it to the La Traviata.Out of curiosity, he bought the novel for a small price.

Later, when he returned to his apartment, a young man he didn't know came to visit him and asked to see the book. It turned out that this young man was Amon who gave the book to La Traviata.He wanted to buy back this novel as a souvenir, I couldn't get what I wanted, so I asked the auction house for the address of the customer who bought the book, and I came here to visit Yunyun. It was through such an "introduction" that Alexandre Dumas asked Amon to narrate his love history with La Traviata himself. out. Why did Amon send a copy of "Man Nong She Shi Ge" to La Traviata?It turns out that this novel is

It describes the love history of an infatuated boy to a prostitute. "Man Nong She Shi Ge" is that a woman's name.What happened to her was more unfortunate and pitiful than La Traviata.At the same time the man in the book This son can also be said to be more infatuated than Amon himself, because he was once imprisoned with this woman, when she was detained When he was expelled from the army, he did not hesitate to trek and followed her to the desert. The author of "Man Nong She Shi Ge" is a monk who has become a monk.He escaped from the hospital Being wanted and banned because of this novel, the crime was added to the crime.

Published in 1731, the novel, likewise, has long since been adapted into There are as many as five kinds of operas, and they have also been compiled into ballets.