William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He spoke French even before he spoke a word of English, a fact to which some critics attribute the purity of his style.
His parents died early and, after an unhappy boyhood, which he recorded poignantly in 'Of Human Bondage' , Maugham became a qualified physician. But writing was his true vocation. For ten years before his first success, he almost literally starved while pouring out novels and plays.
During World War I, Maugham worked for the British Secret Service . He travelled all over the world, and made many visits to America. After World War II, Maugham made his home in south of France and continued to move between England and Nice till his death in 1965.
Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is at once a satiric caricature of Edwardian conventions and a vivid portrayal of the mentality of a genius.
老实说我是被那句关于月亮和六便士的话吸引才读了这本小说的。我读的不仔细,以下仅为个人观点,手机党可能写的不详细,欢迎探讨。除了这部小说的主题我喜欢之外,关于这个主题扩张的情节实在是…我不知道为什么作者在叙述施特略夫的时候总是流露出鄙夷的情绪,他是有点懦弱,...
评分几个月前,我问一朋友生日时想收到什么礼物。他答曰:大美妞儿~我笑回:“书中自有千钟粟,书中自有黄金屋,书中自有颜如玉……”他不同意最后那句,旁征博引地回我:“……你说念个尼采念个权力意志……再整萨特啊……德里达啊……叔本华啊……洛克啊……祁克果……再鼓捣鼓捣...
评分书在开头就设下了一个巨大的谜团。一位在银行工作,有体面收入,家庭生活和睦的先生,一声不响地跑去了一个大城市,只给妻子儿女留下来一张“晚饭做好了”的字条。所有人都认为他跟一位女人私奔了。“我”受他的妻子委托,前往巴黎寻找他并求他回家,却得到了他要在那里画画的...
评分重读完英文版以后再次激动地热泪盈眶。不得不说这本书可以算是至今为之我最喜欢且对我影响最大的一本小说了。 作为个体,我一生所追寻的无非是一种感受,并非摒弃理性,并非为情感而左右颠覆,但只是感受罢了,追随情感而行,就如书中所追随的美与人生一样。Artist的独衷。 嗯,英文阅读速度得到了很大的提升。感动T T. Ps.“又何必要把爱情看的太重”纯作为一种情感的体验罢了。这点倒也是挺好的。
评分自觉看美国人的当代小说基本没什么问题,到了英国人那膝盖就要跪碎了。我得找中文版看看…
评分重读完英文版以后再次激动地热泪盈眶。不得不说这本书可以算是至今为之我最喜欢且对我影响最大的一本小说了。 作为个体,我一生所追寻的无非是一种感受,并非摒弃理性,并非为情感而左右颠覆,但只是感受罢了,追随情感而行,就如书中所追随的美与人生一样。Artist的独衷。 嗯,英文阅读速度得到了很大的提升。感动T T. Ps.“又何必要把爱情看的太重”纯作为一种情感的体验罢了。这点倒也是挺好的。
评分毛姆真是很擅长刻画令人厌恶的人物。人性枷锁里的Mildred同理
评分Words find themselves too plain to describe the gasping bruteness. What is it to be an artist? Totally moved by the latter part of the novel where the artist was wrapped with devinity and obscenity to the fatal end.
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