《面纱》经典读后感有感( 二 ) _生活百科

凯蒂没有错。作者就是把一个真实的物质女摆在了读者面前。你可以唾弃她，也可以可怜她，但是她就是很真实地存在着，活灵活现。
《面纱》读后感(三)：别揭开这华丽的面纱
很难得买到的国内出版的英文原版书，价格非常便宜。中间有一章的最后两行重印了，不过问题不大。一开始我以为这是个爱情故事，看完才知道是个女主的个人救赎之路的故事。
可是真正触动每个人的，是善良、敏感、固执、最后让自己死于瘟疫的Walter 。
一直不明白“面纱”是什么意思。于是搜索到了雪莱的诗 Lift Not the Painted Veil Which Those Who Live
Lift not the painted veil which those who live
Call life:though unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it but minmic all we would believe
With colours idly spread,–behind,Lurk Fear
And Hope,twin Destinies;who ever weave
Their shadows,o’er the chasm,sightless and drear.
I knew one who had lifted it–he sought,
For his lost heart was tender,things to love,
ut found them not,alas!nor was there aught
The world contains,the which he could approve.
Through the unheeding many he did move,
A splendour among shadows,a bright blot
Upon this gloomy scene,a Spirit that strove
For truth,and like the Preacher found it not.
中文翻译是这样的：
别揭开这华丽的面纱
别揭开那些活着的人们称之为生活的华丽面纱：
尽管这都是些不真实的假象，
但却模仿着我们所相信的一切
而随意地涂抹上颜色，在其背后潜藏着恐惧
和希望，交织着不同的命运；谁曾将
他们的影子编织在那幽远的深谷中。
我认识这样一个人，他曾揭开这彩色的面纱，他在寻找，
他迷失的心灵是如此柔软，令他不懈追求着他爱的归宿
但却未曾寻到。唉，这世上已无一物
能够寄托他的爱。
他行走在沙漠的人群中，
就像是无边黑暗中的一片光辉，灰暗画面里的一块明斑，
他拥有一颗追寻真知的灵魂，
但像那传道者，也无法寻觅它的踪影。
故事的开始，像所有翩然于浮华生活中的人们一样， Kitty虚荣、自私、愚蠢，在华丽面纱中无知地快乐着。Walter清醒而无可奈何，明知虚荣的人性暗藏毒液，却仍飞蛾扑火般爱她。其实Human Bondage里的菲利普何尝不是如此，幸好毛姆给了他一个相对平静完满的结局。
迟钝如我，也无法避免地被Watler的死难过，也许过于清醒和敏感的人也过于脆弱，不适合活在这个污浊的世界。死可能是最好的也是唯一的解脱。
他最后一句话是：The dog it was that died.
那是戈尔史密斯的《挽歌》的最后一句。
原诗是这样的：
AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG
y: Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
OOD people all, of every sort,
Give ear unto my song;
And if you find it wondrous short,–
It cannot hold you long.
In Islington there was a man,
Of whom the world might say
That still a godly race he ran,–
Whene’er he went to pray.
A kind and gentle heart he had,
To comfort friends and foes;
The naked every day he clad,–
When he put on his clothes.
And in that town a dog was found,
As many dogs there be,
oth mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound,
And curs of low degree.
The dog and man at first were friends;