书籍介绍
William Somerset Maugham nWilliam 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. nAfter losing both his parents by the age of 10， Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to b...
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核心看点
- 本书以第一人称叙述者视角，深入剖析了主人公斯特里克兰为追求艺术理想而抛弃世俗生活的极端行为，探讨天才与道德的冲突。
- 通过描绘主人公对家庭责任的漠视和对欲望的坦诚，揭示文明社会规则下人性中自私、原始且不可抑制的本能冲动。
- 作品深刻反思了艺术创作背后的痛苦与疯狂，展现个体在精神追求中如何挣脱社会束缚，直面灵魂深处的孤独与真实。
适合谁读
- 适合对文学经典及人性深度有探索欲的读者，尤其是那些在现实压力与精神追求间挣扎、渴望理解艺术本质的成年人。
- 适合具备一定英文阅读能力或希望挑战原版文学的读者，能从中体会毛姆犀利冷峻的文风及对人性复杂面的深刻洞察。
- 适合关注存在主义、个人自由意志及社会道德边界的读者，他们不满足于表面故事，更愿思考天才与疯子的一体两面。
读前提醒
- 阅读时需警惕作者可能存在的性别刻板印象，理解其作为特定时代作家的局限性，避免将书中观点简单等同于现代价值观。
- 建议结合高更的生平背景阅读，能更深刻理解主人公原型背后的艺术史脉络，以及作者对艺术与生活关系的独特见解。
- 阅读英文版时可关注其简洁有力的句式结构，体会叙述者冷静旁观的态度，这有助于把握全书冷峻讽刺的基调与深层寓意。
读者共识
- 读者普遍认为主人公虽令人不适，但其对艺术纯粹性的执着展现了人类固有的自私与生命力，引发关于文明规则的深刻反思。
- 多数读者认可毛姆犀利的笔触和对人性弱点的精准捕捉，尽管部分读者对其对待女性的态度感到不适，但仍承认其文学价值。
- 读者共识认为这是一本值得反复咀嚼的经典，虽情节可能平淡，但其对欲望、自由与艺术关系的探讨具有持久的思想冲击力。
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成，不等同于全文精读。
精彩摘录
- "I do not suppose she had ever really cared for her husband, and what I had taken love was no more than the feminine response to caresses and comfort which in the minds of most women passes for it. It is a passive feeling capable of being roused for any object, as the vine can grow on any tree; and t"
- "Beauty is something beautiful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul"
- "It seems that when vanity comes into love, it can only because really you love yourself best."
- "In my heart was a desire to live more dangerously. I was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous shoals if I could only have change—change and the excitement of the unforeseen."
- ""The world is hard and cruel.We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us.Let us be silent, content in our little corner, meek and gentle like ignorant people. That is the wisdom of life." "What is a hash of life"
- "I forget who it was that recommened men for their soul's good to do each day two tings they disliked: it was a wise , and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed."
- "It was about five years after this that I decided to live in Paris for a while. I was growing stale in London. I was tired of doing much the same thing every day. My friends pursued their course with uneventfulness; they had no loger any surprises for me, and when I met them I knew pretty well what "
- "A sudden pang seized him, and his knees felt so weak that he almost fell. He went back into the bedroom and threw himself on the bed. He cried out her name. "Blanche. Blanche.""
作者简介
William Somerset Maugham nWilliam 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. nAfter 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. n 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.
用户评论
一边说着追求极致精神，但是最后体现strickland的价值还是体现在他的画作的价格这样世俗的价值。
我是老了吧？Strickland的生活我想也不敢想→_→
Charles Strickland无疑令人讨厌，但所有的欲加之罪以及对他产生的痛恨也好怜悯也好钦佩也好都是文明社会赋予个人的无形规则，其实他不过是活成了人类本身所固有的自私的样子，只是这种样子不再被虚饰的社会所接受罢了。讽刺的是，他死后，所谓的文明社会又开始争相收藏吹捧美化他的人生了。
He is a despicable man according to our silent social rules. He is pushed by the devil of art for half live and die as a genius painter. It is really hard to judge a person like this. He burnt others as well as himself. But what other thing can a man do when he is possessed by passion.
像个独孤求败的话痨，炫技华丽的辞藻包裹的是极大的愤世嫉俗和嘲讽（总是很轻松就看透一个人的架势），以及，对妇女的不热爱和费解（也可能是透彻的理解）：P顺便用完全经验的方式表达了对艺术（家）的理解和深重同情。当然，还有更多议题文青们都可以一直挖掘
The art is from life but much higher than life. Don’t be mistaken by the statement. It is pure but wishful thinking. True art entails great pain.
原版原来长度这么短
的确是二流小说。
到底是誰在推崇這本書？
深櫃戀童老白男毛姆的厭女展露無遺。男人的故鄉就是一個他不需要工作、不需要勞作、不需要耕作，身邊有免費性發洩工具、免費保姆，不需要自己親自撫養後代，每天只需要讀讀書、畫點畫的地方嗎？
Strickland當然不用撿六便士，因為有人給他送。放在那個年代的中國他得餓死。
到最後對於Strickland太太和兩個孩子的描述也讓我覺得迷惑。
提倡追求精神理想的書很多，沒必要看這本，更沒必要讚揚這本，因為夾帶了太多私貨（唯一可取之處或許就是第一人稱但第三視角的敘事角度）。
ps 毛姆很喜歡現代主義畫作？
很久之前看过中文版，没看下去。最近几年，全网对《月亮与六便士》的解读都是“满地的六便士，他却抬头看到了月亮”寓意为现实和理想的对照。但看原著的时候，我更多感觉到的是Strickland 对想要干的事情的执着， 他能在一边工作的时候，一边上补习班画画，在所有人觉得他画的稀巴烂的时候，他能一下子扎进一个岛上每天画画，挺励志。他不是相信自己多有天赋，感觉他坚信的是画画这件事，画出他觉得美的一切。死了以后，让Ata 再一把火烧掉，什么也不想留下，他专注的是自己吧！
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