茶花女（英文）

　　小仲马的小说《茶花女》是法国戏剧由浪漫主义向现实主义过渡时期的产物，据此小说改编的话剧《茶花女》，也被视为法国现实主义戏剧开端的标志，不以情节的曲折离奇取胜，而以真切自然的情理感人，结构谨严，语言流畅，富有抒情意味。

　　Alexandre Dumas， fils was born in Paris， France， the illegitimate child of Marie-Laure-Catherine Labay（1794-1868）， a dressmaker， and novelist Alexandre Dumas. During 1831 his father legally recognized him and ensured that the young Dumas received the best education possible at the Institution Goubaux and the College Bourbon. At that time， the law allowed the elder Dumas to take the child away from his mother. Her agony inspired Dumas fils to write about tragic female characters.During 1844 Dumas moved to Saint-Germainen-Laye to live with his father. There， he met Marie Duplessis， a young courtesan who would be the inspiration for his romantic novel The Lady of theCamellias （La Dame aux camelias）， wherein Duplessis was named Marguerite Gauthier. Adapted into a play， it was titled Camille in English and became the basis for Verdi's 1853 opera， la Traviata， Duplessis undergoing yet another name change， this time to Violetta Valery.