Of Human Bondage
- 中文名:
- 人性的枷锁
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- 小说经典
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- 人性的枷锁(Of Human Bondage)简介:
Of Human Bondage (1915) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is generally agreed to be his masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although Maugham stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography, though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention." Maugham, who had originally planned to call his novel Beauty from Ashes, finally settled on a title taken from Spinoza's Ethics.
菲利浦患有先天性跛足,更不幸的是在他九岁的时候父母相继去世,使得他只好到伯父家住,这些灾难无情的夺走了他享受正常生活的权利.由於先天性的跛脚,使他从小就被周遭的朋友嘲笑,排斥,他只好在深夜或旁边没有人的时候默默哭泣.但是偶尔的温存顿使他觉得那些与他不相干的外界还有一些魅力,他在极端的痛苦与微弱的光芒间踌躇.於是他虔诚的向上帝祈祷,真挚的祷告,却没有得到任何的帮助,於是他决定放弃信仰.由於母亲的早逝,他始终缺乏关爱,忧郁使他变的敏感,沉默,终日与阴暗的角落为伴,甚至绝望到觉得生命是毫无意义的.后来,他终於得到善良人的救助,心理才豁然有了一线光明,伯父的恰好病故也使他理所当然的继承了一笔财产.在生命辗转至三十岁的时候,菲力浦走出了谷底.他已温柔的心与态度去对待每一个人,无论是病人或是女人,他都付出关怀,甚至是梅露德蕾,他无条件的摇尾乞怜,卑躬屈膝,最后,他不再对她有所依恋,摆脱不堪的前尘往事.故事的最后,他遇见了健康,自然,沉静的女孩——莎利,和病态,浅俗的梅露德蕾有著强烈的对比,虽然他不是菲利浦的最爱,却抚慰菲利浦长久以来受伤的心灵.
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