《巨匠与杰作》内容简介
“如果一本小说不能让你开心，那它对你而言就不存在任何价值。没有人有权因为你觉得该书无趣就责备你，就像没有人有权因为你不喜欢吃牡蛎而责备你一样。”——毛姆
为什么要读书？名作太多，又应该读哪些书？书究竟应该怎么读？
这是毛姆为所有读者精选的一份书单，也是一本独特的阅读方法论。这份必读书单涵盖了简·奥斯丁、巴尔扎克、陀思妥耶夫斯基等十位伟大作家及其代表作，毛姆将他们的创作生涯细细梳理，深入、客观地评价他们的作品，也以一贯锋利不失幽默的文风袒露了自己在阅读时的所思所想，揭露了名作家们私人生活中的小秘密。了解作者，就能更好地了解作品，同样，只有掌握适合自己的阅读方式，才能体悟到阅读的快乐与价值，这正是毛姆创作《巨匠与杰作》的目的所在。
作者简介
毛姆（1874—1965）
二十世纪英国著名作家、英语世界最畅销的作家之一，是“盛誉下的孤独者”，更是“人世的挑剔者”。一生徜徉于三大文学领域，发表了二十一部长篇小说，三十二个剧本和一百二十余篇短篇小说，还写了大量的评论、随笔、游记和回忆录。他的作品被译成各国文字，深受我国广大读者的欢迎和喜爱。
"Masters and Masterpieces" content introduction
"If a novel doesn't make you happy, it has no value to you." No one has the right to blame you for finding the book uninteresting, just as no one has the right to blame you for not liking oysters." -- Maugham
Why read? If there are too many famous books, which ones should we read? How should a book be read?
This is a list of books selected by Maugham for all readers, and it is also a unique reading methodology. This must-read list covers ten great writers such as Jane Austen, Balzac, Dostoyevsky and their masterpieces, Maugham will carefully comb their creative careers, in-depth, objective evaluation of their works, but also with a consistent sharp and humorous style of writing to expose their own thoughts when reading, exposing the small secrets of the private life of famous writers. To understand the author, one can understand the work better. Similarly, only by mastering the way of reading that suits one's own can one appreciate the happiness and value of reading. This is precisely the purpose of Maugham's Masterpiece.
About the author
Maugham (1874-1965)
The famous British writer of the 20th century, one of the best-selling writers in the English world, is "the loner of fame", but also "the picker of the world". Throughout his life, he has published twenty-one novels, thirty-two plays and more than one hundred and twenty short stories, as well as a large number of reviews, essays, travel notes and memoirs. His works have been translated into various languages and are welcomed and loved by Chinese readers.
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