aUp at the Villa

The pretty and dazzling MaryA*Panton lost her devoted rounder husband one year ago, fortunately her husband died early because of the car accident and left some property for her, she can life a free and unfettered life with some precious jewelry. She buried her husband and clean the family property, Mary went to the Florence, rented a beautiful antique villa on a small mountain of the outskirts of city to recuperate body and heart. The admirer of Mary, "e;British empire builder"e; Edgar knight was successful in his official career for many years and was about to attend governor-general of Bangladesh, he specially went to Florence to show his love to Mary before receiving instructions. But at one late night, on account of Mary cannot control her feeling at one moment, and resulted in a nightmare incident of violence. At a critical juncture, she had to cry for help for the widely known rounder Laurie Frint, though him, she finally realized to deny the love---and all passion and adventure in it, it means denying living and life itself. Maugham's most mature long literary piece, the story plot is attractive, the characterization is fresh and alive, and the insight of human nature is penetrating.