суббота, 16 марта 2013 г.

Individual Reading W. S. Maugham "The Moon and Sixpence" Summary Chapters 24-33

Not long before Christmas Dirk Stroeve came to the narrator and asked him to help Strickland. The artist was desperately ill and hadn’t eaten anything for several days. They decided that there was no better solution than to settle the sick painter in Stroeve’s house. However, they faced a problem- mrs. Stroeve didn’t want to see Strickland in her house. Only after insistent entreaties of her husband she agreed. Though the Stroeves took care of Strickland and helped him to recover, he wasn’t grateful but rude and impudent. After a while Strickland could get up and began to paint pictures in Stroeve’s workshop with undue familiarity.

After three weeks Dirk Stroeve visited the narrator and told him that his wife had left him and gone with Strickland. The latter was indifferent to her but allowed to go with him.
Both Dirk Stroeve and the narrator knew that it would come to a bad end. As Dirk’s love was unfailing he had left Blanche the house and was always ready to take her back. He didn’t blame anybody but himself. He wrote her letters and looked at her when she went shopping, but his devotion and care didn’t prevent a tragedy.

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