Луна и грош

Chapter I

           Theartist,painter,poet,ormusician,byhisdecoration,sublimeorbeautiful,satisfiestheaestheticsense;butthatisakintothesexualinstinct,andsharesitsbarbarity:helaysbeforeyoualsothegreatergiftofhimself.Topursuehissecrethassomethingofthefascinationofadetectivestory.Itisariddlewhichshareswiththeuniversethemeritofhavingnoanswer.ThemostinsignificantofStrickland’sworkssuggestsapersonalitywhichisstrange,tormented,andcomplex;anditisthissurelywhichpreventseventhosewhodonotlikehispicturesfrombeingindifferenttothem;itisthiswhichhasexcitedsocuriousaninterestinhislifeandcharacter.

           ItwasnottillfouryearsafterStrickland’sdeaththatMauriceHuretwrotethatarticleintheMercuredeFrancewhichrescuedtheunknownpainterfromoblivionandblazedthetrailwhichsucceedingwriters,withmoreorlessdocility,havefollowed.ForalongtimenocritichasenjoyedinFranceamoreincontestableauthority,anditwasimpossiblenottobeimpressedbytheclaimshemade;theyseemedextravagant;butlaterjudgmentshaveconfirmedhisestimate,andthereputationofCharlesStricklandisnowfirmlyestablishedonthelineswhichhelaiddown.Theriseofthisreputationisoneofthemostromanticincidentsinthehistoryofart.ButIdonotproposetodealwithCharlesStrickland’sworkexceptinsofarasittouchesuponhischaracter.

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