The reading notes of "The Rich Man's Children" can be referred to as follows: The Rich Man's Children was a novel by Somerset Maugham, published in 1899. The story tells the story of the family members of the protagonist, Harold Foster. It portrays the conflict between wealth and humanity, as well as the complicated relationship between the family members. The novel is mainly divided into three periods: the early members of the Foster family lived a luxurious life but lacked real emotional communication; the middle members of the Foster family began to realize the hypocrisy of money and began to try to get rid of the shackles of money; the late members of the Foster family killed each other for money and family interests and finally went to destruction. There are many characters in the novel, including Harold Forster, John Finn, Elizabeth Finn, George Finn, and Melania Finn, whose relationships are very complicated, full of betrayal, deception, and violence. In addition, the novel also deals with the social and cultural environment of the time, such as the social and wealth distribution issues in the British society during the Victoria. The whole novel's atmosphere is tense, the plot is complicated, and the language is concise, which is one of Maugham's representative works.