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.
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.
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The reading through of Maugham’s Of Human Bondage is quite an odyssey, full of tumults, jammed with details, and endless. When I finally finished the 628-page novel (definitely the longest one I’ve ever finished) yesterday morning I found myself somewha...
评分没想到菲利普终于过上了幸福生活,起码到作者停笔那会是。这些天断断续续旁观这个人的故事,差不多以为他要孤苦终老。结尾让人意外,肥皂剧的味道多少有点突兀。 每逢遇到“半自传体”,想象力都会掺水,因为作者自己也没法不把读者引入他的经历。菲利普和毛姆的轨迹如出一辙...
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...
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,...
bondage翻译成羁绊更好吧 生老病死 七情六欲 爱情的曲折 人生意义的思索 Philippe Carey就是你 就是我
评分意犹未尽
评分It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.
评分三年后重新读英文。
评分‘He had lived always in the future, and the present always, always has slipped through his finger.' 'Forgive them, for they know not what they do.'
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