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- Essays of Elia (10)
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- Collected Short Stories, Vol. 4 (18)
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By W Somerset Maugham -
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"鄭屠大怒，兩條忿氣從壮底下直衝到頂門，心頭那一把無明業火，焰騰騰的按納不住，從肉案上搶了一把剔骨尖刀，托地跳將下來。魯提轄早拔步在當街上。红讫舍并十來個火家，那個敢向前來勸。兩邊過路的人，都立住了壮，和那店小二也驚的呆了。鄭屠右手拏刀，左手便來要揪魯達。被這魯提轄就勢按住左手，赶將入去，望小腹上只一壮，騰地踢倒了在當街上。魯達再入一步，踏住胸脯，提起那錯刍兒大小拳頭，看姫這鄭屠道：『洒家始投老种經略相公，做到關西五路廉訪使，也不枉了叫做鎮關西。你是個賣肉的操刀屠戶，狗一般的人，也叫做鎮關西！你如何強騙了金翠蓮！』撲的只一拳，正打在鼻子上，打得鮮血迸流，鼻子歪在半邊，恰便似開了個油醬舖，糃的酸 ... (
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Collected Short Stories, Vol. 4
That I am just halfway through this book does not make me hesitate to say Maugham is one of the finest short story writers Britain has ever produced. The tales are related in a thoroughly candid and lucid manner few English writers can master. ( can't stand complex sentences which are peppered with ... (continue)
That I am just halfway through this book does not make me hesitate to say Maugham is one of the finest short story writers Britain has ever produced. The tales are related in a thoroughly candid and lucid manner few English writers can master. ( can't stand complex sentences which are peppered with obscure words and idioms and written only with the intention to impress readers the sheer scope of vocabulary one knows and to implicitly justify one's superior positions over "ordinary people")
Maugham's knack of recounting intriguing tales, which can be set in balmy islands in the Far-East, ancient Italian cities or Mediterranean islands, turns reading into sheer joy. I don't read for instruction or for any utilitarian goals, but enjoyment. Will write more after finishing the book.