but the only way to please them was to surrender his whole personality, giving up to their bidding all his thoughts and al his actions. They wished to exercise over him the most intolerable of all tyrannies, the tyranny of love. It was a heavy return they demanded for their affection if he must abandon his freedom, body and soul; he earnestly wished to make them happy but that was too hard a price to pay. (查看原文)
Maugham’s early work (1901) about Anglo-Boer War anticipates the disillusionment in the First World War. The novel itself is mediocre but the strong anti-heroism transcends its times (Kipling’s empire...Maugham’s early work (1901) about Anglo-Boer War anticipates the disillusionment in the First World War. The novel itself is mediocre but the strong anti-heroism transcends its times (Kipling’s empire-builders etc.) and shows the writer’s earliest denial of Englishness.(展开)
0 有用 狂奔的小裤衩 2014-06-30 01:47:32
陌路才有英雄，鲁迅一句“都是吃人”竟然被毛姆扯成了长篇。
0 有用 Js 2014-02-28 09:08:33
看过刀锋，一瞬间误以为是一本书。。。每个人都够可恶的。。。
0 有用 Ray 2023-10-31 13:07:19 澳大利亚
Maugham’s early work (1901) about Anglo-Boer War anticipates the disillusionment in the First World War. The novel itself is mediocre but the strong anti-heroism transcends its times (Kipling’s empire... Maugham’s early work (1901) about Anglo-Boer War anticipates the disillusionment in the First World War. The novel itself is mediocre but the strong anti-heroism transcends its times (Kipling’s empire-builders etc.) and shows the writer’s earliest denial of Englishness. (展开)
0 有用 phena 2012-08-11 22:25:35
有Maugham的风格，不过有的地方比较生硬。
0 有用 Wimpy 2021-08-21 19:37:35
退役老兵被父老乡亲催婚到自杀