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Christmas Holiday Author: [UK] Maugham Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House Original title: Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday Author: [UK] Maugham Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House Original title: Christmas Holiday
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Introduction · · · · · ·
"A Christmas Holiday" is a representative work of Maugham's mid-term writing career and is regarded as one of his best works. The novel is extremely skillful in character creation. Concepts such as life, art, love, politics, and suffering are cleverly integrated into the characters' personalities. As Borges said, "This book has many delicate descriptions of scenes and language. Maugham used his magical pen to fully exert his imagination and ability to combine."
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When Charlie Mason was 23 years old, he went to Paris alone for Christmas holiday, intending to have fun. Introduced by his childhood friend Simon Fenimore, he met Lydia, a Russian girl with a bizarre and tragic life story. Lydia's husband had killed someone, but she chose to sell herself in a brothel to atone for her husband's sin. During the few days they spent together, Lydia explained a lot to Charlie, but he still couldn't understand her behavior. After returning to London, Charlie felt empty and lost. The Christmas holiday he had longed for, only one thing happened: his world collapsed.
About the Author · · · · · ·
William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), a famous British writer, is known as "the best storyteller" and one of the best-selling writers in the entire English-speaking world. Maugham is a successful and prolific writer who has made achievements in the fields of novels, short stories and dramas. However, Maugham himself is very modest in his evaluation of himself: "I am just one of the top second-rate writers." Maugham's most famous and best-selling novels include "Of Human Bondage", "The Moon and Sixpence" and "The Razor's Edge". In addition to novels, Maugham is also an outstanding short story writer, with more than 100 short stories. In 1946, Maugham established the Somerset Maugham Award to reward outstanding young writers and encourage and fund them to travel around. In 1952, Oxford University awarded Maugham an honorary doctorate. In 1954, the British royal family awarded him the title of "honorary chamberlain". On December 16, 1965, Maugham died in Nice, France.
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