Of Human Bondage

出版者:Signet

作者:W. Somerset Maugham

页数:704

出版时间:2007-1-2

价格:USD 5.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780451530172

具体描述

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.

作者简介

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.

读后感

15岁的时候，我读到了这本书。 其中这一段，直到今天我也不敢重看。 “你具有某种手工上的灵巧，经过刻苦努力和坚持不懈，没有理由成不了一个认真的，还算能干的画家。你能够找到数以百计比你画得差的人，也可以找到数以百计画得同你不相上下的人。在你让我看的所有画作中我看...  

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...  

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...  

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...  

用户评价

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？

三年后重新读英文。

1 毛姆半自传式的成长小说。 2 人性的枷锁是什么？是天生的生理缺陷带来的敏感和自卑；是在环境和榜样耳濡目染下不加怀疑地接受；是理性拜倒在感性的石榴裙下的不堪一击；是有所追求却不自知的天分不足；是贫困所伴随的精力和认知带宽的稀缺；是我们常常活在对别人的模仿中和别人的意见中；是我们对这些枷锁虽有所自觉，却情不自禁。 3 庖丁解牛般对人性的剖析，每个人都能从Philip 的成长轨迹中找到自己的影子。

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。

拿到手的英文版纸张很薄字很小，读起来眼睛不太舒服导致陆陆续续读了好久。后半部分让我欣慰一点，但还是远不如刀锋。