As they stand they are like the figures in an old tapestry; they do not separate themselves from the background, and at a distance seem to lose their pattern, so that you have little but a pleasing piece of colour. There was just that shadowiness about them which you find in people wh...
Strickland was sitting with her back to the light. Her brother-in-law, Colonel MacAndrew, stood in front of the fireplace, warming his back at an unlit fire. To myself my entrance seemed excessively awkward. I imagined that my arrival had taken them by surprise, and Mrs. Strickland had l...
Creation Background 创作背景 It is indisputable that the English painter is based on the French post-impressionist master Paul gauguin. Gauguin also worked as a broker before deciding to pursue painting. Gauguin's life was also very rough ...
We took a fancy to one another. I was very young, and perhaps she liked the idea of guiding my virgin steps on the hard road of letters; while for me it was pleasant to have someone I could go to with my small troubles, certain of an attentive ear and reasonable counsel. Mrs. Stri...
月亮与六便士 8.1 - 8.5 | The Moon And Sixpence 8.1-8.5 2018-02-27 21:00:0308:581万 所属专辑:耳边名著 | 中英字幕 声音简介 On readingover what I have written of the Stricklands, I am conscious that they must seemshadowy. I have been able to invest them with none of those characteri...
23. The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, "The Moon and Sixpence" is the story of Charles Strickland, an English banker who walks away from a life of privilege to pursue his passion to become a painter. Strickland leaves London for Paris and ul...
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As they stand they are like the figures in an old tapestry (挂毯); they do not separate themselves from the background, and at a distance seem to lose their pattern, so that you have little but a pleasing piece of colour. My only excuse is that the impression they made on me was no...
The popular story which gives the background for this British expression involves a man known as Dr. Wright of Norwich, a charming guest and gifted conversationalist. Asking a dinner guest, “Do you know Dr. Wright of Norwich?” implies that the person is holding up the decanter, as Dr....
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