Up At the Villa
内容简介
Set in a villa in the hills above Florence, this moving novel reveals the power of desperate love. Mary Panton ignores her desires as she contemplates her loveless marriage, but a single act of compassion begins a nightmare of violence that destroys her serenity.
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作者简介
W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He began to study medicine in London but quit to focus exclusively on writing. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place for a number of writers, artists and politicians. He died in 1965.
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读书文摘
因为她真正喜欢做的，是独自在别墅阳台上用餐。在一个六月的黄昏，当天色还亮的时候在那里吃饭，饭后坐在那儿，等夜的温柔渐渐笼罩住她，这是一种喜悦，玛丽觉得自己永远不会厌倦。这给她一种美好的平静感觉，但这种平静却不是呆滞、空洞的平静，而是一种活泼的、令人兴奋的平静，在这种平静中，她的头脑机警，而她的感觉敏锐。
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