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.
发表于2024-12-31
Of Human Bondage 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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...
评分今天凌晨翻完这本书,长长叹一口气,心里有一种类似放松、欣喜的情绪在慢慢酝酿,因为菲利普的选择,因为他和萨莉之间的纽带终于形成,也因为,这样的结局多少给了我一些安慰,让我知道其实看似最平凡的路,决定走上去,也要花很大的勇气,也需要牺牲,需要妥协。 ...
评分这是本庞杂的书,看得甚是痛苦,看完了很久了,现在还是没有摆脱这种痛苦。它不停地提问,每个问题都值得想很久。我没有办法在一篇读感中穷尽它所带给我的思考,我也没有办法穷尽这本书所撩起的问题,可有的时候,它让我觉得有些开朗,让我觉得生活不再有太多的压力。请容我...
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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.
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?
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?
Of Human Bondage 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书