About This Novel
Recommended reading by the Oxford University Library. The first edition sold 500,000 copies in the United States. It has been adapted into movies twice and was shortlisted for Oscars and other awards. Maugham, the "genius novelist" who was a great storyteller in the 20th century, is a masterpiece of word-of-mouth, and a "full version" without deleting a word! This is a book about life written for millions of young literary and artistic people seeking to find themselves. It is recommended by Bai Yansong, Yu Hua, Haruki Murakami, Gao Xiaosong, Yang Lan, Cai Chongda, Liu Yu and Yu Minhong with emotion. We only have one life, how should we spend it? "I want to travel every road in the world, through deep sadness, inexplicable sadness, and endless joy, just to give it a go and experience life and pursue the stars in my soul."
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Some people pursue perfection in spiritual life, while others pursue abundance in material life. People who pursue spiritual life can smile calmly about the good and bad aspects of their material life. People who pursue material life cannot treat it indifferently. There is no distinction between high and low. Just be happy wherever your heart goes.
Thoughts triggered by Sophie's death
Are people inherently good by nature? Sophie had a beautiful soul when she was young, but was it the cruelty of society that turned her evil and led to her death? Are humans inherently evil? Evil has always existed in Sophie's world. Is the cruel society just an opportunity to release her nature and hasten her death? How should we view the good and evil in the world and spend our own life?
fine
A very good book that can cultivate your sentiments
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Official(3)Scraped 13d ago
Some people pursue perfection in spiritual life, while others pursue abundance in material life. People who pursue spiritual life can smile calmly about the good and bad aspects of their material life. People who pursue material life cannot treat it indifferently. There is no distinction between high and low. Just be happy wherever your heart goes.
Thoughts triggered by Sophie's death
Are people inherently good by nature? Sophie had a beautiful soul when she was young, but was it the cruelty of society that turned her evil and led to her death? Are humans inherently evil? Evil has always existed in Sophie's world. Is the cruel society just an opportunity to release her nature and hasten her death? How should we view the good and evil in the world and spend our own life?
fine
A very good book that can cultivate your sentiments
