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1、TheMoonAndSixpenceAbriefintroductionoftheauthor1WilliamSomersetMaugham>>AfamousBritishnovelistandplaywright.Hewasamongthemostpopularwritersofhiseraandreputedlythehighestpaidauthorduringthe1930s.>>Hewasborninalawyer'sfamily.Hisparentsdiedearly,sohisunclebroughthimba
2、cktoEngland.Hestudiedmedicineinuniversitybutlater,instead,heturnedtowrite.>>Hisworkoftentakesasober,objectiveandevencriticalattitudetolookatlife,withadetachmentofironyandpity.Hehasalargereadershipathomeandabroad.Timeline:>>1874-Bornonthe25thofJanuary.>>1905-OfHuman
3、Bondage,anothernovelwrittenduringthisperiodappeared.>>1916-MaughamtravelledtothePacifictoresearchhisnovelTheMoonAndSixpence,basedonthelifeofPaulGauguin.>>1917-SyrieandMaughamweremarried.>>1922-Maughamproducedabookof58shortstorysketches.>>1927-Hisplay,TheLetter,wasp
4、erformedinLondon.>>1944-TheRazor'sEdgewaspublished.>>1954-HewrotehismemoirLookingBack.>>1965-Diedonthe16thofDecember.Asummaryofthenovel2>>ThisstoryisbasedontheFrenchimpressionistpainterPaulgauguin'slife.>>ItdescribesanordinaryLondonstockbrokerStrickland,whowasaddic
5、tedtotheart,abandonedhiswifeandchildren,abandonedhiswealthyandhappylife,wenttowenttoParis,determinedtofindhisart.Fiveyearslater,Stricklandwasdownandout,buthewasstillinhisdreamandneverregrettedit.Inthepursuitofart,histalentwasgraduallyrecognized.Laterhewenttothesout
6、hPacificTahiti.Hecomposedhisbrightlifewithpen,andInjectedhisvalueoflifeintothecanvas.Thenhemarriedanativewomanandhadthreechildren.Butnotforlong,hischildrendiedandhesufferedfromleprosy.Thestruggleofpovertyandthetormentofthediseasedidn'thithimdown.Hejustregrettedthat
7、hehadnevervisitedhisconsciousness.Afterhisdeath,hiswifefollowedhislastwishes,destroyedhislegacy.>>Theworkperformancetalent,personalityandmaterialcivilization,andthecontradictionbetweenmodernmarriageandfamilylife.Ithasabroadviewoflife,sharplydissectsthehumannatureun
8、dertheskin,mixingwithonlookers'laughandcruellooking.Ashortanalysisoftheleadingcharacter3Mostpeoplefindhisbehaviorquiteincomprehensible,andtheycri
