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內容簡介
為什麼叫“月亮與六便士”?其實,用毛姆自己的話說,這個書名的意義並沒有在由英國W.毛姆所著的《月亮與六便士(英文版)》一書裏得到應有的展示,而是齣自某評論傢在評論上述《人性的枷鎖》(參見“經典英語文庫”第一輯書目)時所寫的某句話。原話如下:《人性的枷鎖》裏的主人公菲利普·凱利(PhilipCarey)被形容為一個太過執著找尋月亮的傢夥,以至於他從來就沒發現過腳底下就有一塊六便士。毛姆後來這樣解釋道:“假如你低頭在地上不住地要找尋一塊六便士硬幣,頭也不抬起來一下,那麼,你就會丟掉月亮。”
作者簡介
William Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham (25 January 1874-16 December 1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s.
After losing both his parents by the age of 10, Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to become a lawyer like other men in his family, Maugham eventually trained and qualified as a doctor. The first run of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897), sold out so rapidly that Maugham gave up medicine to write full-time.
During the First World War, he served with the Red Cross and in the ambulance corps, before being recruited in 1916 into the British Secret Intelligence Service, for which he worked in Switzerland and Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. During and after the war, he traveled in India and Southeast Asia; all of these experiences were reflected in later short stories and novels.
目錄
CHAPTER 1 / 1
CHAPTER 2 / 7
CHAPTER 3 / 11
CHAPTER 4 / 14
CHAPTER 5 / 18
CHAPTER 6 / 21
CHAPTER 7 / 24
CHAPTER 8 / 26
CHAPTER 9 / 33
CHAPTER 10 / 36
CHAPTER 11 / 42
CHAPTER 12 / 47
CHAPTER 13 / 55
CHAPTER 14 / 58
CHAPTER 15 / 62
CHAPTER 16 / 69
CHAPTER 17 / 71
CHAPTER 18 / 73
CHAPTER 19 / 76
2 THE MOON AND SIXPENCE
CHAPTER 20 / 83
CHAPTER 21 / 87
CHAPTER 22 / 94
CHAPTER 23 / 97
CHAPTER 24 / 101
CHAPTER 25 / 106
CHAPTER 26 / 111
CHAPTER 27 / 116
CHAPTER 28 / 118
CHAPTER 29 / 125
CHAPTER 30 / 129
CHAPTER 31 / 133
CHAPTER 32 / 137
CHAPTER 33 / 140
CHAPTER 34 / 143
CHAPTER 35 / 147
CHAPTER 36 / 150
CHAPTER 37 / 152
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《最經典英語文庫:月亮與六便士》:
I confess that when first I made acquaintance with Charles Strickland I never for a moment discerned that there was in him anything out of the ordinary. Yet now few will be found to deny his greatness. I do not speak of that greatness which is achieved by the fortunate politician or the successful soldier; that is a quality which belongs to the place he occupies rather than to the man; and a change of circumstances reduces it to very discreet proportions.The Prime Minister out of office is seen, too often,to have been but a pompous thetorician, and the General without an army is but the tame hero ofa market town.The greatness of Charles Strickland was authentic. It may be that you do not like his art, but at all events you can hardly refuse it the tribute of your interest.He disturbs and arrests. The time has passed when he was an object of ridicule, and it is no longer a mark of eccentricity to defend or of perversity to extol him. His faults are accepted as the necessary complement to his merits. It is still possible to discuss his place in art, and the adulation of his admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of his detractors;but one thing can never be doubtful, and that is that he had genius. To my mind the most interesting thing in art is the personality of the artist; and if that is singular, I am willing to excuse a thousand faults. I suppose Velasquez was a better painter than El Greco,but custom stales one's admiration for him: the Cretan,sensual and tragic, proffers the mystery of his soul like a standing sacrifice. The artist, painter, poet, or musician, by his decoration, sublime or beautiful,satisfies the aesthetic sense; but that is akin to the sexual instinct, and shares its barbarity: he lays before you also the greater gift of himself. To pursue his secret has something of the fascination of a detective story. It is a riddle which shares with the universe the merit of having no answer. The most insignificant of Strickland's works suggests a personality which is strange, tormented, and complex; and it is this surely which prevents even those who do not like his pictures from being indifferent to them; it is this which has excited so cunous an interest in his life and character.
It was not till four years after Strickland's death that Maurice Huret wrote that article in the Mercure de France which rescued the unknown painter from oblivion and blazed the trail which succeeding writers, with more or less docility, have followed. For a long time no critic has enjoyed in France a more incontestable authority, and it was impossible not to be impressed by the claims he made; they seemed extravagant; but later judgments have confirmed his estimate, and the reputation of Charles Strickland is now firmly established on the lines which he laid down. The rise of this reputation is one of the most romantic incidents in the history of art. But I do not propose to deal with Charles Strickland's work except in so far as it touches upon his character. I cannot agree with the painters who claim superciliously that the layman can understand nothing of painting,and that he can best show his appreciation of their works by silence and a cheque-book. It is a grotesque misapprehension which sees in art no more than a craft comprehensible perfectly only to the craftsman:art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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前言/序言
“經典英語文庫”自第一輯2013年8月上市至今,整套圖書已齣版六輯共90部作品。圖書選本方麵,皆來自世界經典名著,涉及政治、藝術、人文、詩歌、小說等各個領域,原文呈現名著原貌,滿足不同讀者的閱讀需求,《瞭不起的蓋茨比》《哈姆雷特》等經典讀本更是為廣大讀者所追捧。圖書設計上,完全遵循國外名著圖書的經典流行開本規範,掌中書的大小便攜、易讀;封麵設計、正文版式、印刷材質等方麵更是精益求精,力求將經典、純粹的外國文學帶給廣大的中國讀者,更新大傢的英文圖書閱讀習慣。
“經典英語文庫”係列圖書其規模之大,品質之精在目前國內圖書市場上可以稱得上是獨一,無愧經典的傳承,完美體現“倡導原味閱讀,共享世界經典”的齣版理念,今後,我們還將陸續推齣更多英文名著經典,以饗讀者。
最經典英語文庫:月亮與六便士 [A Bedside Classic: The Moon and Sixpence by W.Somerset Maugham] 下載 mobi epub pdf txt 電子書
最經典英語文庫:月亮與六便士 [A Bedside Classic: The Moon and Sixpence by W.Somerset Maugham] pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載