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William Somerset Maugham [n 2] CH (/ m ɔː m / MAWM; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) [n 1] was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German university.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. Born in the British Embassy in Paris, where his father worked, Maugham was an orphan by the age of ten. [1]
Sep 4, 2024 · W. Somerset Maugham (born Jan. 25, 1874, Paris, France—died Dec. 16, 1965, Nice) was an English novelist, playwright, and short-story writer whose work is characterized by a clear unadorned style, cosmopolitan settings, and a shrewd understanding of human nature.
William Somerset Maugham, CH (January 25, 1874 – December 16, 1965) was an English playwright, novelist, and short story writer. He was one of the most popular authors of his era, and although he did not receive the same critical acclaim as did his modernist contemporaries with their more experimental prose styles, he was reputedly the ...
Maugham's studies of the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists are outstanding examples of literary criticism at its finest. Afforded here are some of the formulae of greatness in the genre, as well as the flaws and heresies which enfeeble it.
The Painted Veil, by W. Somerset Maugham. Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic.
MAUGHAM, W(illiam) Somerset. Nationality: English. Born: Paris, of English parents, 25 January 1874. Education: King's School, Canterbury, Kent, 1885-89; University of Heidelberg, 1891-92; studied medicine at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, 1892-97: intern in Lambeth, London; qualified as surgeon, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., 1897.
Jun 27, 2018 · The British novelist William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), one of the most popular writers in English in the 20th century, is noted for his clarity of style and skill in storytelling.
Quick Reference. (1874–1965) British novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was made a CH in 1954. Maugham was born in Paris, where his father was legal adviser to the British embassy, and he spent his childhood in France, speaking French as his first language.
Apr 20, 2018 · The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham, four volumes, Washington Square Press, 1967. "The Kite," and Other Stories, introduction by Ian Serriallier, Heinemann Educational, 1968. Maugham's Malaysian Stories, edited by Anthony Burgess, Heinemann, 1969.
Examine the life, times, and work of W. Somerset Maugham through detailed author biographies on eNotes.
W. Somerset Maugham was an English playwright, novelist, and short-story writer who made significant contributions to British heritage through his literary works and cultural influence.
The Bishop's Apron: A study in the origins of a great family W. Somerset Maugham 133 downloads. Liza of Lambeth W. Somerset Maugham 133 downloads. On a Chinese Screen W. Somerset Maugham 128 downloads. The Making of a Saint W. Somerset Maugham 127 downloads.
Complete order of W. Somerset Maugham books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), English playwright and author wrote Of Human Bondage (1915); He did not know how wide a country, arid and precipitous, must be crossed before the traveller through life comes to an acceptance of reality.
May 1, 2004 · The life of W. Somerset Maugham was a good deal more "exquisite, dramatic, torrid, and tragic"—especially in his splendid Mediterranean exile—than any of his works.
W. Somerset Maugham. Popular British novelist, playwright, short-story writer and the highest-paid author in the world in the 1930s, Somerset Maugham graduated in 1897 from St. Thomas' Medical School and qualified as a doctor, but abandoned medicine after the success of his first novels and plays.
May 24, 2019 · W. Somerset Maugham’s (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) twenty novels are exceptionally uneven; the first eight, though interesting, suggest the efforts of a young novelist to discover where his talent lies.
The Painted Veil. (novel) The Painted Veil is a 1925 novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham. The title is a reference to Percy Bysshe Shelley 's 1824 sonnet, which begins "Lift not the painted veil which those who live / Call Life". The novel was first published in serialised form in five issues of Cosmopolitan (November 1924 – March ...
Aug 22, 2016 · As its name suggests, it denotes Maugham's choice of the 10 best novels of all time. The publication history of these 10 suggestions is worth recounting, because it shows Maugham's trajectory of revisions and reprints, and how he polished his works to a final form that was satisfactory for him.
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