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2024-11-21
Of Human Bondage 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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...
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,...
评分继《月亮与六便士》,《刀锋》以后,又一鼓作气把《人生的枷锁》看完了。毛姆的文笔简练,冷静中透着幽默,读起来如行云流水,实足是一种享受。 但我非要为《人生的枷锁》写上一篇评论的原因,恰恰是因为这是三者中最令我感到痛苦的一本书。这种痛苦源自于对生活真相毫不掩饰...
评分看毛姆的小说《人生的枷锁》,一直想到那句话,人生而自由,却无往不在枷锁之中。 《人生的枷锁》是自传体性质的小说,主人公菲利普身上,有着毛姆的影子。自小成为孤儿,身体残疾,在冷酷无情的牧师大伯家中长大。在学校里受到同学、老师的嘲笑和欺侮,养成了孤僻、内向、敏...
图书标签: 毛姆 小说 英文原版 英国文学 SomersetMaugham 英国 外国文学 英文原版书
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.
the best of youth 2
评分Like a spoiler to my own life ;)
评分居然是小说
评分The simplest pattern, that in which a man was born, worked, married, had children, and died, was likewise the most perfect.
评分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。
Of Human Bondage 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书