The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence
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作者: (威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆)
出版社: Vintage Classics
2008-05
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780099284765
定价: 84.70
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 224页
正文语种: 英语
  • CharlesStrickland,aconventionalstockbroker,abandonshiswifeandchildrenforParisandTahiti,tolivehislifeasapainter.Whilsthisbetrayaloffamily,dutyandhonourgiveshimthefreedomtoachievegreatness,hisdecisionleadstoanobsessionwhichcarriessevereimplications.InspiredbythelifeofPaulGauguin,TheMoonandSixpenceisatonceasatiriccaricatureofEdwardianconventionsandavividportrayalofthementalityofagenius. WilliamSomersetMaughamwasbornin1874andlivedinParisuntilhewasten.HewaseducatedatKing'sSchool,Canterbury,andatHeidelbergUniversity.HespentsometimeatSt.Thomas'Hospitalwiththeideaofpractisingmedicine,butthesuccessofhisfirstnovel,LizaofLambeth,publishedin1897,wonhimovertoliterature.OfHumanBondage,thefirstofhismasterpieces,cameoutin1915,andwiththepublicationin1919ofTheMoonandSixpencehisreputationasanovelistwasestablished.Atthesametimehisfameasasuccessfulplaywrightandwriterwasbeingconsolidatedwithacclaimedproductionsofvariousplaysandthepublicationofseveralshortstorycollections.Hisotherworksincludetravelbooks,essays,criticismandtheautobiographicalTheSummingUpandAWriter'sNotebook.In1927SomersetMaughamsettledintheSouthofFranceandlivedthereuntilhisdeathin1965
  • 内容简介:
    CharlesStrickland,aconventionalstockbroker,abandonshiswifeandchildrenforParisandTahiti,tolivehislifeasapainter.Whilsthisbetrayaloffamily,dutyandhonourgiveshimthefreedomtoachievegreatness,hisdecisionleadstoanobsessionwhichcarriessevereimplications.InspiredbythelifeofPaulGauguin,TheMoonandSixpenceisatonceasatiriccaricatureofEdwardianconventionsandavividportrayalofthementalityofagenius.
  • 作者简介:
    WilliamSomersetMaughamwasbornin1874andlivedinParisuntilhewasten.HewaseducatedatKing'sSchool,Canterbury,andatHeidelbergUniversity.HespentsometimeatSt.Thomas'Hospitalwiththeideaofpractisingmedicine,butthesuccessofhisfirstnovel,LizaofLambeth,publishedin1897,wonhimovertoliterature.OfHumanBondage,thefirstofhismasterpieces,cameoutin1915,andwiththepublicationin1919ofTheMoonandSixpencehisreputationasanovelistwasestablished.Atthesametimehisfameasasuccessfulplaywrightandwriterwasbeingconsolidatedwithacclaimedproductionsofvariousplaysandthepublicationofseveralshortstorycollections.Hisotherworksincludetravelbooks,essays,criticismandtheautobiographicalTheSummingUpandAWriter'sNotebook.In1927SomersetMaughamsettledintheSouthofFranceandlivedthereuntilhisdeathin1965
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