William Somerset Maugham: The Painted Veil

ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ БЮДЖЕТНОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ «САМАРСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ» Кафедра английской филологии William Somerset Maugham THE PAINTED VEIL Учебно-методические указания для самостоятельной работы студентов 1 курса филологического факультета специальности «Английский язык и литература» Самара 2012 Учебно-методические указания предназначены для самостоятельной работы студентов I курса филологического факультета специальности «Английский язык и литература» при подготовке к занятиям по домашнему чтению с книгой У. <...> Копшукова W.S. Maugham. (1874 – 1965) Born in Paris in 1874, W.S. Maugham was the son of a solicitor to the British Embassy, the youngest of six brothers. <...> He returned to England to study medicine at St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth. <...> The book did for me what I wanted and when it was issued to the world I found myself free from pains and unhappy recollections that tormented me,' said Maugham. <...> The book, inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin, tells the story of a man who sacrificed everything - family, home, reputation, health, life itselfto painting. <...> Maugham's favourites among his novels include: 'The Painted Veil' (1925), 'The Narrow Corner' (1932), 'Theatre' (1937), 'The Razor's Edge' (1944), which is the story of a man who surrendered wealth and the woman he loved in order to seek a faith. <...> Some of the stories have been considered among the best in the language. <...> In it are his reflections on what H.G.Wells called 'first and last things'. <...> Critics have praised his narrative skill and his merciless, anti-romantic powers of observation. <...> Maugham's fiction has little romance or idealism, for he takes a definitely pessimistic view of men and women. <...> While avoiding all obvious ethical judgement and mocking the narrowness of too easy moral solutions, Maugham stands up for proper respect being paid to any individual and to his chances for fulfilment. <...> In 1927 W.S. Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965. 'The Painted Veil' is probably the only novel W.S.Maugham based on a story rather than a character. <...> Detected in an affair with the assistant Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong, Kitty <...>