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"Reading is a Portable Refuge" Author: [British] William Somerset Maugham Subtitle: Maugham Teaches You How to Read
"Reading is a Portable Refuge" Author: [British] William Somerset Maugham Subtitle: Maugham Teaches You How to Read
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Introduction · · · · · ·
◆Use a study to resist this imperfect world and use a book to guide our reading interests.
The reading guide of the genius novelist Maugham teaches you the methods and techniques of reading and tells you the secrets of masters and great writers.
◆About how to read, the secrets of masters and great men, the truth of deep thinking,
Maugham tells the story from three different dimensions, expressing his most unique insights.
He uses extremely high literary standards to paint realistic portraits of the great writers he writes about.
◆People who love reading are happy--as Maugham said:
"To cultivate the habit of reading is to build for yourself a refuge from almost all the pain and misery in the world.
When it comes to Maugham's style, perhaps the first thing that comes to readers' minds is his sharp tongue, humor, weirdness, and even harshness, but they overlook his sincerity and honesty underneath it all, as well as his intentional or unintentional emphasis on fun or interest.
In this book, whether the topic is the art of novels or the thinking about philosophy, art and the value of life, Maugham's persistence in fun can be seen everywhere. His language is clever and sophisticated, fluent and refined, but he is neither pretentious nor complacent. Reading it is like sitting opposite you, listening to him talk with his genius sense of humor, teaching you how to read, the fun of reading, the gossip of famous people, the complaints about famous works, and his own feelings and thoughts between disgust and love for people and things.
About the Author · · · · · ·
[British] William Somerset Maugham
Novelist, playwright
Graduated from St. Thomas Medical School in London, and later gave up medicine to pursue literature
He persisted in his creation during the decline of realistic literature and eventually established his status as a classic in literary history.
Advocate writing from the perspective of an impartial observer and looking at human nature with tolerance. In 1946, the Somerset Maugham Award was established to reward outstanding young writers.
In 1952, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Oxford University
In 1954, he was awarded the title of Companion of Honour by the British royal family
Died on the French Riviera in December 1965
Classic works
Of Human Bondage (1915)
The Moon and Sixpence (1919)
Tremor of a Leaf (1921)
The Veil (1925)
Razor’s Edge (1944)
About the Translator:
Xia Gaowa
Young Translators
He holds a master's degree in literature from Capital Normal University and is proficient in multiple languages including German and English.
His translations include "The Messenger from the Edge" and "Starry Sky Stories: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Night Sky at 88 Stations", many of which have been granted traditional Chinese copyright.
Table of contents · · · · · ·
Wilhelm Meister
Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice
Stendhal and The Red and the Black
Balzac and Le Père Goriot
Flaubert and Madame Bovary
Dickens and David Copperfield
Emily Bronte and Wuthering Heights
Dostoyevsky and The Brothers Karamazov
Tolstoy and War and Peace
How you think determines how you live. I find it very interesting to read philosophy. There is no one book that can solve all problems once and for all. My opinion on truth, beauty and goodness.
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