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아스카니오, 뒤마의 로망스 이야기인. The Book of Ascanio,The romances of Alexandre Dumas, Volume XI.by Alexandre Dumas PARTS I. AND II. PARTS I. CONTENTS PARTS I. Chapter I. The Street and the Studio II. A Goldsmith of the Sixteenth Century III. Dædalus IV. Scozzone V. Genius and Royalty VI. To What Use A Duenna May Be Put VII. A Lover and a Friend VIII. Preparations for Attack and Defence IX. Thrust and Parry X. Of the Advantage of Fortified Towns XI. Owls, Magpies, and Nightingales XII. The King's Queen XIII. Souvent Femme Varie XIV. Wherein it is proven that Sorrow is the Groundwork of the Life of Man XV. Wherein it appears that Joy is nothing more than Sorrow in another Form XVI. A Court XVII. Love as Passion XVIII. Love as a Dream XIX. Love as an Idea PARTS II. CONTENTS Chapter I. The Trafficker in his own Honor II. Four Varieties of Brigands III. An Autumn Night's Dream IV. Stefana V. Domiciliary Visits VI. Charles the Fifth at Fontainebleau VII. The Ghostly Monk VIII. What One sees at Night from the Top of a Poplar IX. Mars and Venus X. The Rivals XI. Benvenuto at Bay XII. Of the Difficulty which an Honest Man experiences in Procuring his own Committal to Prison XIII. In which Jacques Aubry rises to Epic Proportions XIV. Of the Difficulty which an Honest Man experiences in Securing his Release from Prison XV. An Honest Theft XVI. Wherein it is proved that a Grisette's Letter, when it is burned, makes as much Flame and Ashes as a Duchess's XVII. Wherein it is proved that True Friendship is capable of carrying devotion to the Marrying Point XVIII. The Casting XIX. Jupiter and Olympus XX. A Prudent Marriage XXI. Resumption of Hostilities XXII. A Love Match XXIII. Mariage de Convenance

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아스카니오, 뒤마의 로망스 이야기인. The Book of Ascanio,The romances of Alexandre Dumas, Volume XI.by Alexandre Dumas INTRODUCTORY NOTE "Never perhaps," says Miss Pardoe (in the Preface to the "Court and Reign of Francis I."), "did the reign of any European sovereign present so many and such varying phases. A contest for empire, a captive monarch, a female regency, and a religious war; the poisoned bowl and the burning pile alike doing their work of death amid scenes of uncalculating splendor and unbridled dissipation; the atrocities of bigotry and intolerance, blent with the most unblushing licentiousness and the most undisguised profligacy;―such are the materials offered to the student by the times of Francis I." The period thus characterized is that in which the scene of the present romance is laid, and although the plot is mainly concerned with the fortunes of others than subjects of the , we are treated to a succession of vivid pictures of life and manners at the French court and in the French capital. The author depicts the king rather as he appeared to the world before what has been called the "legend of the Roi Chevalier,"―that is to say, the long prevailing idea that Fran？ois I. was the most chivalrous monarch who ever sat upon a European throne,―had been modified by the independent researches of those who have not feared to go behind the writings of the old and well tutored chroniclers whose works have formed the basis of most modern histories,― chroniclers who seem to have been guided by Cardinal Richelieu's famous remark to an aspiring historian, apropos of certain animadversions upon the character of Louis XI., that "it is treason to discuss the actions of a king who has been dead only two centuries." The result of these researches is thus summed up by Miss Pardoe in the same Preface:― "The glorious day of Marignano saw the rising, and that of Pavia the setting, of his fame as a soldier; so true it is that the prowess of the man was shamed by that of the boy. The early and unregretted death of one of his neglected queens, and the heart-broken endurance of the other, contrasted with the unbounded influence of his first favorite and the insolent arrogance of his second, will sufficiently demonstrate his character as a husband. His open and illegal oppression of an overtaxed and suffering people to satisfy the cravings of an extortionate and licentious court, will suffice to disclose his value as a monarch; while the reckless indifference with which he falsified his political pledges, abandoned his allies in their extremity in order to further his own interests, and sacrificed the welfare of his kingdom and the safety of his armies to his own puerile vanity, will complete a picture by no means calculated to elicit one regret that his reign was not prolonged."

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