毛姆的《路易丝》是较早为国人所知的小说之一,描写了路易丝以“衰弱的心脏”为借口达到目的的故事。路易丝举手投足彬彬有礼,但她礼貌之下却是一副自私、虚伪、欺骗亲友的恶毒嘴脸。毛姆创作时很好地权衡了选择性礼貌和展示性礼貌。从微观和宏观的角度对路易丝的礼貌和对毛姆的礼貌进行双重解读,加深了对该作品的思考,提高了文学鉴赏的水平。 Maugham’s Louise, one of the earliest known novels in the country, described Louise’s story of using Extremes of the Heart as an excuse. Louise gestures polite, but she is polite but selfish, hypocritical, deceitful relatives and friends of the vicious mouth. Maugham carefully weighed both selective courtesy and exemplary courtesy. From the microscopic and macroscopic perspectives, Louise’s politeness and Maugham’s courtesy are interpreted in a double way, deepening his thinking on the work and raising the level of literary appreciation.