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1、THEPRINTINGHISTORYOFLUSTFORLIFELongmans,GreeneditionpublishedSeptember,193416PRINTINGSGrosset&DunlapeditionpublishedJuly,19387PRINTINGSModernLibraryeditionpublishedFebruary,193910PRINTINGSPocketBookeditionpublishedDecember,19451STPRINTING.................
2、..NOVEMBER,19452NDPRINTING........................MARCH,1946LustforLifehasbeentranslatedintotheCzech,Danish,Dutch,Finnish,French,Norwegian,Polish,PortugueseandSwedishlanguages.PrintedintheU.S.A.ThisPocketBookeditionispublishedbyarrangementwithLongmans,Gre
3、en&Co.,Inc.COPYRIGHT,1934,BYIRVINGSTONEPOCKETBOOKPREFACEThePocketBookeditiongoestopressaswearecelebratingtheeleventhanniversaryofthepublicationofLustforLife.Thisthoughtgivesmedoublepleasure:inacountrywheremorethantenthousandnewvolumesarepublishedeachyear,
4、itisnotoftenthatanovelentersitsseconddecadewithasustainedreaderinterest.TheotherhalfofmypleasureisthatVincentVanGoghandhislifestorywillnowreachthevastPocketBookaudience,atthepriceofacoupleofcandybarsoraticketofadmissiontoathird-runmoviehouse.Thisistherevo
5、lutioninbookpublishingforwhichIhavewaitedallmywritingyears.Ihavebeenaskedcountlessthousandsoftimes,"Howdoyoupronouncehisname?"VincentVanGoghwasanativeHollander,andsothetechnicallycorrectpronunciationwouldbeVanHchuuchch,analmostimpossiblesoundforAmericanst
6、omake.SincethegreaterpartofhiscreativepaintingwasdoneinFrance,hisnameisoccasionallypronouncedwiththeFrenchVanGogk.Howeverweinthiscountryhavenoneedtouseeitherofthesedifficultpronunciations;wecansimplycallhimVincentVanGo,andbecompletelycorrect.VanGoghhasbee
7、ntakentotheheartsofmillionsofAmericans,mostofwhomthinkofhimasabelovedfriend.Theelementsofheroicstruggleandevenmoreheroicconquestinhisbriefspansomehowcallforththetenderestsympathyofourpeople.Then,too,thereishisfantasticallyinvertedsuccessstory:duringtheten
8、yearsofhismatureworkhepaintedsomesixhundredoilsandmadeovereighthundreddrawings.Atthetimeofhisdeathhehadsoldonlyonepainting,andthisforafewdollarstothesisterofafellowDutchpainter.Yettodayhismajorcanvasesareworthfromfi
