воскресенье, 26 мая 2013 г.

Individual Reading. "The Moon and Sixpence" by S. Maugham (Chapters 12-23)

On the author's arrival in Paris, he learnd that Strickland lived alone in the cheapest room of the poorest hotel. The author asked him to come back. Strickland in turn confessed that his deed was terrible and immoral, however he cared of neither his family nor the social opinion. He intended to devote his life to himself. Strickland wanted to become the true artist. The author realized that an irresistible force captured a soul of the artist and he went mad.

Meanwhile Mrs. Strickland was deeply insulted that her husband left her for the sake of the art. Nevertheless she was ready to forgive him and awaited him. But for the sake of her own reputation she continued to keep the rumour about Strickland's romance with his beloved.

Five years later the author went to Paris again. There he met his old friend Dirk Stroeve, a writer and artist. Dirk told the author about Strickland, he saw his art works and considered him to be the artist of genius. Dirk helped him with money because Strickland often starved. The author learnd that Strickland didn't care about means of subsistence. He was only obsessed by his drawings. Moreover he even didn't sell and exhibit his pictures. 

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