一、引言毛姆(1874—1965),英国维多利亚时代后期杰出的小说家、剧作家,其创作的长篇自传体小说《人生的枷锁》是享誉英国文坛年乃至世界文坛的经典之作。在这部小说里,作家毛姆以自己早年时期真实的生活经历为故事原型,同时发挥了丰富的想象力,虚构了部分重要的故事情节和内容。小说通过讲述主人公菲利普·凯里童年和青年时期的曲折遭遇,成功塑造了 I. INTRODUCTION Maugham (1874-1965), an outstanding novelist and playwright of the late Victorian era in the United Kingdom, and his long autobiographical novel The Shackles of Life is a classic of the English literary world and the world literary world. In this novel, writer Maugham uses the real life experience of his early years as the prototype of the story, and at the same time, he has enriched his imagination and imagined some important story lines and contents. The novel succeeded in shaping the twists and turns of protagonist Phillip Carey’s childhood and youth