书名: 人生的枷锁 Of Human Bondage(套装上下册)(双语经典)

作者: 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆 (W. Somerset Maugham)

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作者分类: 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆 (W. Somerset Maugham)

Title sort: 人生的枷锁 Of Human Bondage(套装上下册)(双语经典)

日期: 22 10月 2022

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出版日期: 8月 2022

修改日期: 22 10月 2022

大小: 1.60MB

语言: 中文

“ ‘A rolling stone gathers no moss,’ ” proceeded the clergyman. Philip hated that proverb above all, and it seemed to him perfectly meaningless. His uncle had repeated it often during the arguments which had preceded his departure from business. Apparently it recalled that occasion to his guardian.

“You’re no longer a boy, you know; you must begin to think of settling down. First you insist on becoming a chartered accountant, and then you get tired of that and you want to become a painter. And now, if you please, you change your mind again. It points to…”

He hesitated for a moment to consider what defects of character exactly it indicated, and Philip finished the sentence.

“Irresolution, incompetence, want of foresight, and lack of deter-mination.”

The Vicar looked up at his nephew quickly to see whether he was laughing at him. Philip’s face was serious, but there was a twinkle in his eyes which irritated him. Philip should really be getting more serious. He felt it right to give him a rap over the knuckles.

“Your money matters have nothing to do with me now. You’re your own master; but I think you should remember that your money won’t last for ever, and the unlucky deformity you have doesn’t exactly make it easier for you to earn your living.”

Philip knew by now that whenever anyone was angry with him his first thought was to say something about his club-foot. His estimate of the human race was determined by the fact that scarcely anyone failed to resist the temptation. But he had trained himself not to show any sign that the reminder wounded him. He had even acquired control over the blushing which in his boyhood had been one of his torments.