Christmas Holiday (collected Works of Maugham)
by H
About This Novel
Maugham's masterpiece in the middle of his creative career is hailed as one of his best works, and was praised by Borges as "using a magical pen to fully exert his imagination and combination ability." When he was twenty-three years old, Charlie Mason went to Paris alone for the Christmas holiday, intending to have some fun. Introduced by his childhood friend Simon Fenimo, he met Lydia, a Russian girl with a bizarre and tragic life experience. Lydia's husband killed someone, but she chose to sell herself in a brothel to atone for her husband's sin. In the past few days when the two got together, Lydia explained a lot to Charlie, but he still couldn't understand her behavior. After returning to London, Charlie felt empty and lost. Only one thing happened to the Christmas holiday he had longed for: his world collapsed. "Christmas Vacation" is Maugham's masterpiece in the middle of his creative career and is known as one of his best works. The novel is extremely skillful in character creation. Concepts such as life, art, love, politics, and suffering are all cleverly integrated into the characters' personalities. As Borges said: "This book has many delicate descriptions of scenes and language. Maugham used a magical pen to fully exert his imagination and combination ability."
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