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.
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.
十岁出头,你看了《约翰克里斯多夫》,辗转反侧,浮想联翩。为英雄的浪漫主义精神而深受感动,你幼小的心灵预设了未来的人生必然荆棘丛生,而人的伟大精神必然冲破困难,破云而上,即便失败也充满悲剧意味。你觉得理想的人生应该这样度过。 你收听贝多芬的英雄交响曲,以及柴可...
评分十岁出头,你看了《约翰克里斯多夫》,辗转反侧,浮想联翩。为英雄的浪漫主义精神而深受感动,你幼小的心灵预设了未来的人生必然荆棘丛生,而人的伟大精神必然冲破困难,破云而上,即便失败也充满悲剧意味。你觉得理想的人生应该这样度过。 你收听贝多芬的英雄交响曲,以及柴可...
评分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...
不要图便宜 这版印刷实在是-.-
评分the best of youth 2
评分The simplest pattern, that in which a man was born, worked, married, had children, and died, was likewise the most perfect.
评分我对文学实在是太提不起兴趣了,对于我来说文学书籍就是一堆无意义的符号堆砌出来的总集,我总是对这些所谓的文学作品表现出不可名状的抗拒与不耐烦,可毛姆的小说对我来说有一种特殊的吸引力,读到上头了就很难停下来。
评分在野味肺炎肆虐的时候看完了。
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