Theatre [Paperback] Maugham, W. Somerset

This is my best Maugham..... Ever.

I loved it ! I bought it to improve my English, it was easy to read and it is really a good story!

W. Somerset Maugham was a highly skilled literary craftsman and by the time he wrote this short novel, he had three decades of experience behind him. Not surprisingly, then, this is a highly accomplished piece of fiction : a good story, well drawn characters, wit, and the usual Maugham cynicism about love and sexual desire. If you like Maugham, this won't disappoint, and if you are new to Maugham, you are in for a treat.

ロンドンで著名な一流舞台女優となったJulia Lambertの心のひだをモームが描いている。なぜ20歳以上も年下のTomに心が奪われたのか、理解に窮する女心だが時に彼女の自白も含め、心理が読者にわかるように書かれていると思う。舞台女優の楽屋裏を覗いたような気分になります。

英語のレッスンで使っています。なかなか難しいです。テキストとして指定されているので使っています。

It's a marvelous story of an actress whose life was the theater and she couldn't help herself from acting in her private life: even in her most intimate relations and as a mother and wife.