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GentlemanintheParlour

内容简介

WITHANINTRODUCTIONBYPAULTHEROUXSomersetMaugham'ssuccessasawriterenabledhimtoindulgehisadventurousloveoftravel,andherecordedthesightsandsoundsofhiswide-rangingjourneyswithanurbane,wrystyleallhisown.TheGentlemanintheParlourisanaccountoftheauthor'stripthroughwhatwasthenBurmaandSiam,endinginHaiphong,Vietnam.WhetherbyrivertoMandalay,onhorsethroughthemountainsandforestsoftheShanStatestoBangkok,oronwardsbysea,Maugham'svividdescriptionsbringalostworldtolife.

作者简介

WilliamSomersetMaughamwasbornin1874andlivedinParisuntilhewasten.HewaseducatedatKing'sSchool,Canterbury,andatHeidelbergUniversity.HespentsometimeatSt.Thomas'Hospitalwiththeideaofpractisingmedicine,butthesuccessofhisfirstnovel,LizaofLambeth,publishedin1897,wonhimovertoliterature.OfHumanBondage,thefirstofhismasterpieces,cameoutin1915,andwiththepublicationin1919ofTheMoonandSixpencehisreputationasanovelistwasestablished.Atthesametimehisfameasasuccessfulplaywrightandwriterwasbeingconsolidatedwithacclaimedproductionsofvariousplaysandthepublicationofseveralshortstorycollections.Hisotherworksincludetravelbooks,essays,criticismandtheautobiographicalTheSummingUpandAWriter'sNotebook.In1927SomersetMaughamsettledintheSouthofFranceandlivedthereuntilhisdeathin1965(20010730)

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