毛姆是英国著名的小说家与剧作家,长篇小说《人生的枷锁》是他的代表作,具有明显的自传色彩。毛姆出生在巴黎,父亲是律师,在英国驻法使馆供职。毛姆在十岁时父母亲去世,他被送往英国由伯父亨利·毛姆抚养。亨利·毛姆是当地的教区牧师,为人自私、贪吝,对待侄子冷漠粗暴。毛姆进坎特伯雷皇家公学之后,境遇更是不幸。他由于身材矮小,且严重口吃,受尽大孩子的欺凌与折磨,有时还受到老学究的无端羞辱。凄苦、抑郁和孤寂的童年生活在他心灵上投下难以磨 Maugham is a famous British novelist and playwright. His novel “The Shackles of Life” is his masterpiece, with obvious autobiographical colors. Maugham was born in Paris, his father is a lawyer, serving in the British Embassy in France. When Maugham died his parents died at the age of ten, he was sent to England to be raised by uncle Henry Maugham. Henry Maugham is a parish priest, selfish, greedy, indifferent to the nephew. Maugham into Canterbury Royal College, the situation is even more unfortunate. Due to his short stature and serious stuttering, he was bullied and tortured by his eldest children, sometimes subject to unjustified humiliation of old studies. Miserable, depressed and lonely childhood cast hard on his soul