Китти

"I had no illusions about you," he said. "I knew you were silly and frivolous and empty-headed. But I loved you. I knew that your aims and ideals were vulgar and common place. But I loved you. I knew that you were second-rate. But I loved you. It's comic when I think how hard I tried to be amused by the things that amused you and how anxious I was to hide from you that I wasn't ignorant and vulgar and scandal-mongering and stupid. I knew how frightened you were of intelligence and I did everything I could to make you think me as big a fool as the rest of the men you knew. I knew that you'd only married me for convenience . I loved you so much. I didn't care. Most people, as far as I can see, when they're in love with someone and the love isn't returned feel that they have a grievance. They grow angry and bitter. I wasn't like that . I never expected you to love me, I didn't see any reason that you should, I never thought myself very lovable. I was thankful to be allowed to love you and I was enraptured when now, and then I thought you were pleased with me or when I noticed in your eyes a gleam of good-humoured affection. I tried not to bore you with my love; I knew I couldn't afford to do that and I was always on the look-out for the first sign that you were impatient with my affection. What most husbands expect as a right I was prepared to receive as a favour."

Одной из главных особенностей книги является то, как автор раскрывает внутренний мир своих героев через диалоги и внутренние монологи. Читатель может наблюдать, как меняется характер Китти под влиянием обстоятельств, как она взрослеет и осознает свои ошибки.

Моэм мастерски описывает атмосферу колониального Китая того времени, передавая экзотику Востока и контраст между западной цивилизацией и восточной культурой. 

Если вы любите литературу, погружающую вас в другой мир и заставляющую задуматься над смыслом жизни, то эта книга точно для вас! Она идеально подойдет тем, кто ценит глубокий психологизм персонажей, атмосферность описаний и тонкий юмор автора.

Кроме того, "Китти" - это отличный выбор для тех, кто хочет узнать больше об истории отношений между Востоком и Западом в начале XX века или просто насладиться качественным художественным произведением.