William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) studied medicine, but the quick success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897), started him on his lifelong literary career, during which he would become one of the most popular English authors since Dickens. His own life, however, was more tragic, shocking, and fascinating than any novel. After his adored parents died, he grew up in a miserable vicarage and suffered from a physical handicap of which he was ashamed. During his lifetime, Maugham would marry and divorce, be sent to Russia as a spy, and entertain such celebrities as Jean Cocteau, Winston Churchill, Noël Coward, the Aga Khan, and Ian Fleming at his Riviera mansion. Among his masterpieces are Of Human Bondage, The Painted Veil, The Razor’s Edge, and The Moon and Sixpence. In addition, such works as “The Letter” and “Rain” established Maugham as a gifted short story writer.
Benjamin DeMott (1924–2005) was professor of English and the Mellon professor of humanities at Amherst College. The author of two novels, he was best known for his cultural criticism in leading periodicals and in such books as The Imperial Middle: Why Americans Can’t Think Straight About Class and The Trouble with Friendship: Why Americans Can’t Think Straight About Race.
Maeve Binchy (1940–2012) was the New York Times bestselling author of Quentins, Scarlet Feather, Tara Road (an Oprah’s Book Club Selection), Circle of Friends, Light a Penny Candle, and many other novels.
From an orphan with a clubfoot, Philip Carey grows into an impressionable young man with a voracious appetite for adventure and knowledge. Then he falls obsessively in love, embarking on a disastrous relationship that will change his life forever.
一年前,我在巴黎回布鲁塞尔的地下大巴站,La Defense,那个荷兰杂技场工人坐到了我旁边。他让我想起豪夫童话里黑森林的“荷兰鬼”,高而黑瘦,尽显沧桑的脸,穿着古怪的菱格喇叭裤和猎人背心,背后一个沉重的大包。然而他用比整个圣日耳曼区的人都标准的英语向我问好。 大巴...
评分 评分作者:hifate 链接:https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/21264115 来源:知乎 著作权归作者所有。商业转载请联系作者获得授权,非商业转载请注明出处。 想说的太多,思维太乱,胸中还是激动难抑。一定要先说声谢谢,给肯定、帮助过我的所有人。 起初要译这本书前,我犹豫了很久,...
评分The reading through of Maugham’s Of Human Bondage is quite an odyssey, full of tumults, jammed with details, and endless. When I finally finished the 628-page novel (definitely the longest one I’ve ever finished) yesterday morning I found myself somewha...
评分没想到菲利普终于过上了幸福生活,起码到作者停笔那会是。这些天断断续续旁观这个人的故事,差不多以为他要孤苦终老。结尾让人意外,肥皂剧的味道多少有点突兀。 每逢遇到“半自传体”,想象力都会掺水,因为作者自己也没法不把读者引入他的经历。菲利普和毛姆的轨迹如出一辙...
bondage翻译成羁绊更好吧 生老病死 七情六欲 爱情的曲折 人生意义的思索 Philippe Carey就是你 就是我
评分Like a spoiler to my own life ;)
评分凭借着一点点可怜的英文知识,来感受毛姆作品“通俗”的魅力。令人奇异的是,或许因为读的慢,反而记得清楚。。读的时候,我不停回想起小学之前读《齐天大圣》那种感受‘哦,我认识这个词的,我知道这句话是什么意思’t t????
评分人生中重要的几个道理 三十年的人生跟毛姆走一回 梳理清楚了很多东西—当我发现人生不过是passage,我不再害怕失去,离别和失败。failures unimportant,success amounted to nothing。live and be alive。
评分‘He had lived always in the future, and the present always, always has slipped through his finger.' 'Forgive them, for they know not what they do.'
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