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
发表于2024-08-28
The Moon and Sixpence pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
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.
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.
和想象的不一樣。藝術作品描繪不如艾特伍德的貓眼,拋棄一切的天纔形象不如安蘭德的源泉,人物調侃不如薩奇的短篇。我們看不到男主角的想法,隻是在無數的supporting characters 裏打著轉。嘲諷庸俗的人,嘲諷女性,嘲諷愛情,手法不算一針見血,但實在傷人。拋傢棄子最大的問題便是妻兒的生計,可毛姆將這些人劃分為庸俗,為有激情有夢想的男主角的纍贅。這裏的女性,隻有狗,庸人,和無意義地赴死的人。我不喜歡這本書,我無法喜歡。
評分吐血,這一個個人物都是極品啊!Stroeve已經為Beauty & Genius卑微屈膝到不是人瞭,Strickland爲瞭passion for creating beauty可以拋棄人間萬事到這種地步,這真是終極裝逼,內心強大到這個地步還能稱人麽?!不否認沒有人性光輝的作品可以有其脫離人世的美,可怎麽又會成爲世人口中的“天纔美”?可見後人都是裝逼。毛姆叔叔真心太厲害,言辭幽默用絕瞭!
評分打卡71天讀完,毛姆為什麼這麼喜歡摻雜法語,哭瞭
評分Words find themselves too plain to describe the gasping bruteness. What is it to be an artist? Totally moved by the latter part of the novel where the artist was wrapped with devinity and obscenity to the fatal end.
評分Gauguin
公司的技术部门分了许多小组,我们小组就三个人。我右边的同事,一个月前,他跟朋友做的网站拿到投资,后来辞职走了,全职创业。 那时,我在朋友圈发状态跟大家讨论(2014年5月16日:http://www.douban.com/note/351525921/),你觉得你存够多少钱,或者说,存够几年的日常开...
評分毛姆是个非常聪明的作家。非常,聪明。 写东西好的人其实不一定聪明。他是真聪明。 他是个非常认真的读者。比起其他毒舌,他读的书多到逆天。而且他还很八卦,看看他写的司汤达评传和福楼拜评传好了。他对作者心理的把握极高明。 也只有他敢说巴尔扎克、托尔斯泰、陀思妥耶夫...
評分你肯定有这样一个朋友吧:在银行工作,长得一般,业务凑合,有老婆孩子,勤勤恳恳养家糊口,不爱说话,但如果开口说话,说的话也多半无趣无味——总之形象非常白开水,在任何一个社交场合都是角落里不大起眼的人。事实上你肯定有不止一个这样的朋友,事实上你自己没准就是这样...
評分——毛姆论伟大 “我所谓的伟大不是走红运的政治家或是立战功的军人的伟大;这种人显赫一时,与其说是他们本身的特质倒不如说沾了他们地位的光,一旦事过境迁,他们的伟大也就黯然失色了。人们常常发现一位离了职的首相当年只不过是个大言不惭的演说家;一个解甲归田的将军无...
評分查尔斯·思特里克兰德的人生大致分三段:在伦敦、在巴黎(马赛)和在塔希提。毛姆花了最多的篇幅描述他在巴黎的一场大病和一次艳遇,而他在这一场遭遇里几乎扮演了一个完全的反面角色,他忘恩负义、毫无同情心和基本的礼貌教养,相对的,除了施特略夫的只言片语,作者对他的绘...
The Moon and Sixpence pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024