Of Human Bondage is the first and most autobiographical of Maugham’s masterpieces. It is the story of Philip Carey, an orphan eager for life, love and adventure. After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris as would-be artist, Philip settles in London to train as a doctor. And that is where he meets Mildred, the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a formative, tortured and masochistic affair which very nearly ruins him.
William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at Kings School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to literature. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writers Notebook.
In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965
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...
评分一、毛姆爷爷,我竟没有早点认出你? 过去三天,除了必须出现在教室,除了吃饭睡觉,我把几乎所有的时间花在毛姆爷爷的大作上,一天一本,一口气读完了《月亮》、《刀锋》、《枷锁》。作为一枚资深小说发烧友,我为无数小说疯狂过,可是从来没有一个作家让我如此动情。 更可...
评分一 我们活着,就是要用心去感受这个世界。 读毛姆的书,就好像和一个老朋友聊天。他很擅长讲故事,也描述得相当经常精彩。你仿佛看到一个沉着稳重的老者,不慌不忙地娓娓道来。他侃侃而谈,从容不迫。从不过多的解释,也无需太多修饰。一句话,一个词,蓦然地让你领会他全部的...
痛苦的时候更要读毛姆,但读毛姆是脱离不了我本性的肤浅的
评分Rereading Maugham. / reread in 2016, still one of my all time favorite books, now even better since I know the London geography.
评分Rereading Maugham. / reread in 2016, still one of my all time favorite books, now even better since I know the London geography.
评分主要是孤独吧,因此可以理解 Philip 与 Mildred 之间的情感纠葛。以前读译本时还奇怪P为什么选择了结婚,现在在读了一串毛姆的小说后我觉得毛姆还是有那么几年向往婚姻、渴望被爱、远离孤独。所以他把结局收成了结婚,也算他了结了他的念想吧。另外毛姆后来弃医从文,因此P从医后的故事他也不能写、不好写了,点到为止即可。P或毛姆真的是很孤独,全书的高频单词就是 Solitary.
评分毛姆自己也很惊奇这本出版后默默无闻的书多年后在美帝诈尸了。像战争与和平一样又长又累赘,且视角单一。海德堡求学时期完全在写别人的故事,连男主都消失了;巴黎时期也很杂,偶有点睛评论;直到男主的灾星女出现,故事才毛姆起来,一口气读得下去了。我很能理解作者自己并不看好写出来完全只是为了心理解脱的感受,跟我写完长篇不带图的法兰西游记是完全一样的。
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