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.
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讀毛姆的《月亮和六便士》,我想沒人不會被最後因麻風病失明的斯特裏剋蘭德坐在壁畫環繞的大溪地島土屋的肅穆景象所深深震撼、感動。這是一個為瞭理想放棄全部道德、責任與世俗生活,四十歲上拋傢棄子,為瞭追求美真正獻祭齣全部靈魂的人物。斯特裏剋蘭德生前窮睏潦倒,對除畫...
評分你肯定有這樣一個朋友吧:在銀行工作,長得一般,業務湊閤,有老婆孩子,勤勤懇懇養傢糊口,不愛說話,但如果開口說話,說的話也多半無趣無味——總之形象非常白開水,在任何一個社交場閤都是角落裏不大起眼的人。事實上你肯定有不止一個這樣的朋友,事實上你自己沒準就是這樣...
評分有次跟鄧正來吃飯,席間他批判現在人的“平庸”,我初以為這是精英對平民的歧視,他解釋道:“我說的是平庸,平庸和平凡是兩迴事。平凡的人可以很偉大,而平庸的人即使成功也還是平庸。” 我看《月亮和六便士》的時候,就想起他這段話。 思特裏剋蘭德,在四十多歲的時候,忽然...
評分圖書標籤: 毛姆 英文原版 小說 Maugham 英國 英國文學 外國文學 文學
Dirk這人物典型到不行 把愛情浪漫化到這種境界與charles對愛情不屑一顧兩個的對比太精彩瞭
評分毛姆還真是仇女,整本書幾乎就沒說過任何女性好話,第一次讀都沒那麼深刻的印象。《刀鋒》相比之下就好多瞭,也許二十多年後隨著閱曆的增長誰都會變寬容吧。這本有點被過譽瞭,也就是字裏行間的警言妙句有點意思。另外,果然跟著薄荷閱讀不管怎樣都能讀完原著……
評分What a novel! 太棒瞭!
評分反復讀多少遍都不為過~~
評分獻祭於理想【用Kindle Paperwhite看完的第一本書(* ̄︶ ̄)y
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