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在《露水姻缘》(A Casual Affair)中,作者用引人入胜的笔法,叙述了一个有才华的年轻外交家杰克·阿尔蒙德和贵族卡斯特兰夫人的一段暧昧关系及其悲惨结局。这里我们可以看出美国上层社会人士道德败坏和处世虚伪的丑态。卡斯特兰爵士发现了其夫人的不忠而为了维护贵族尊严不敢将家丑外扬。卡斯特兰夫人为了自己的名誉和优裕的生活地位而被迫放弃爱情,从而使年轻有为的杰克·阿尔蒙德走上绝路,最后成为英国资产阶识社会虚伪道德的牺牲品。毛姆采用旁观者的侧叙的手法,若隐若现地把故事情节娓娓动听地逐步揭示出来,在艺术上有其独到之处,值得我们借鉴。
In A Casual Affair, the author describes the ambiguous relationship and tragic end of a talented young diplomat, Jack Almond, and his aristocrat Lady Castellan, in a fascinating manner. Here we can see the moral corruption and the hypocritical ugly attitude of the upper class in the United States. Sir Castellan discovered his wife’s infidelity and did not dare to discredit the house in order to preserve the dignity of the aristocracy. For his own honor and well-being, Mrs. Castallian was forced to renounce her love, leaving the young and promising Jack Almond to the point where she eventually fell victim to the hypocrisy of the capitalist society in Great Britain. Maugham side by side bystanders approach, looming to gradually reveal the story evocative, in art has its own unique, it is worth learning from.