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"The Search for Pleasure" Author: [British] William Somerset Maugham Publisher: Yilin Press
"The Search for Pleasure" Author: [British] William Somerset Maugham Publisher: Yilin Press
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Maugham was a master at manipulating people's appetite for gossip, knowing how to keep things a secret at just the right time and then revealing them at a surprising moment.
—Evelyn Waugh
A literary prodigy vividly recounts anecdotes and stories from the literary and art circles... accurate, witty, full of sarcasm, but not at all exaggerated.
——The Spectator Magazine
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After the great writer Driffield passed away, his wife asked someone to write a biography for him. The narrator of the novel, Ashenden, was invited by the biographer to recall his interactions with the writer, and the story unfolded from there. Deep in Ashenden's memory, we found the writer's ex-wife, the charming Rosie. She was amorous by nature, and she was affectionate everywhere, but she was kind, honest, elegant and lively. In this book, Maugham changed his prejudice against women in his previous works, and recalled the life of a beautiful woman as an admirer, and embellished it with many anecdotes in the literary and artistic circles. The layout of the whole novel is well-organized, reality and memories are interspersed with each other, and the text is clean, sharp and profound, creating the most vivid and brilliant female image in all of Maugham's novels.
About the Author
William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
British novelist and playwright. He studied medicine in his early years, but later gave up medicine to pursue literature. He became famous for his novels. His representative works include "The Moon and Sixpence", "Of Human Bondage", "Pleasure Seeking" and "The Razor's Edge".
Maugham's novels are clear in language and tortuous in story, and he observes the subtleties of human nature, making him a writer with a unique position in the 20th century. To this day, this "master of stories" still resonates with readers around the world with his warmth and comfort for people after seeing through the world, which transcends time.
Ye Zun, a well-known translator, has translated "Pleasure Seeking", "Great Expectations" and "Tender Is the Night".
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