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.
在毛姆的自传体小说《人生的枷锁》中,主人公菲利普孜孜不倦地追求生活的真谛。他先是经历了信仰的破灭,继而又在非道德主义者克朗肖的引导下抛弃了道德,确立了“为所欲为”的行事准则。然而在这之后,他并没有获得他所料想的自由,反而陷入了更深的虚无危机。最终,菲利普悟...
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...
评分周末,从长乐路往华山路上拐过去,在希尔顿酒店对面,有几间灯红酒绿的小酒吧,一律是黄木窗棂,门外放了整整齐齐的桌子、椅子。我们路过时,八点左右,几间酒吧除了洋酒缤纷外,客人寥寥无几。只有一家酒吧,触目地与马路对面尊贵的希尔顿酒店,做着有趣的对峙。10多位女人,...
评分一、毛姆爷爷,我竟没有早点认出你? 过去三天,除了必须出现在教室,除了吃饭睡觉,我把几乎所有的时间花在毛姆爷爷的大作上,一天一本,一口气读完了《月亮》、《刀锋》、《枷锁》。作为一枚资深小说发烧友,我为无数小说疯狂过,可是从来没有一个作家让我如此动情。 更可...
评分在生活面前,我们每个人都可以找到理由做个弱者。 最近听了太多“社会迫害女性”的言论,有些反感。因为在我看来,迫害也分绝对迫害和相对迫害,暴力相向,长期的幽禁,肉体的凌辱,这些都算绝对伤害,但是什么所谓的媒体舆论,七姑八姨的闲话也算迫害,那有点弱者心态太过了...
我对文学实在是太提不起兴趣了,对于我来说文学书籍就是一堆无意义的符号堆砌出来的总集,我总是对这些所谓的文学作品表现出不可名状的抗拒与不耐烦,可毛姆的小说对我来说有一种特殊的吸引力,读到上头了就很难停下来。
评分It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.
评分居然是小说
评分cried over the ending。。。 据说有这么三本关于成长的书必读:毛姆的《人生的枷锁》、罗曼·罗兰《约翰·克里斯朵夫》和黑塞的《玻璃球游戏》。第一本真是名不虚传啊我去!后面两本先省着,过几年再看吧。
评分看时不停地问自己:如果十年前读了这本书,今天我的命运将如何?
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