The Moon and Sixpence Summary
THE MOON AND SIXPENCE
Topic: The theme revealed in the novel “The moon and sixpence” Outline:
I.Summary about writer and the novel “ The moon and sixpence”
II.Two themes revealed in the novel “The moon and sixpence”
1.The revolt of an individual against the well- established conventions of bourgeois society
2.No rooms for trivial and ordinary pleasures of life in Great Art
III.Conclusion
Summary about the writer and the novel “ The moon and sixpence”
1. William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
W.S. Maugham is famous English writer, well-known as a novelist, playwright and shortstory writer. In his writings he kept to the principles of Realism, but his method of writing was also influenced by Naturalism, Neo-romanticism and Modernism.W.S. Maugham was born in Paris where his father worked as solicitor for the English Embassy. At the age of 10, Maugham was orphaned and sent to England to live with his uncle, thevicar of Whitstable. Before becoming a writer he was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and Heidelberg University, Maugham then studied six years medicine in London.William worked in a hospital of Saint Thomas, which placed in a poor block of London the experience found its reflection in the 1st novel. During World War, Maugham volunteered for the Red Cross, and was stationed in France for a period. There he met Gerald Haxton (1892-1944), an American, who became his companion. Disguising himself as a reporter, Maugham served as an espionage agent for British Secret Intelligence Service in Russia in 1916-17, but his stuttering and poor health hindered his career in this field. In 1917 he married Syrie Barnardo, an interior decorator; they were divorced in 1927-8. On his return from Russia, he spent a year in a sanatoriumin Scotland. Maugham then set off with Haxton on a series of travels to eastern Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Mexico. In many novels the surroundings also are international. Maugham's most famous story such as “Ashenden: or the
Topic: The theme revealed in the novel “The moon and sixpence” Outline:
I.Summary about writer and the novel “ The moon and sixpence”
II.Two themes revealed in the novel “The moon and sixpence”
1.The revolt of an individual against the well- established conventions of bourgeois society
2.No rooms for trivial and ordinary pleasures of life in Great Art
III.Conclusion
Summary about the writer and the novel “ The moon and sixpence”
1. William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
W.S. Maugham is famous English writer, well-known as a novelist, playwright and shortstory writer. In his writings he kept to the principles of Realism, but his method of writing was also influenced by Naturalism, Neo-romanticism and Modernism.W.S. Maugham was born in Paris where his father worked as solicitor for the English Embassy. At the age of 10, Maugham was orphaned and sent to England to live with his uncle, thevicar of Whitstable. Before becoming a writer he was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and Heidelberg University, Maugham then studied six years medicine in London.William worked in a hospital of Saint Thomas, which placed in a poor block of London the experience found its reflection in the 1st novel. During World War, Maugham volunteered for the Red Cross, and was stationed in France for a period. There he met Gerald Haxton (1892-1944), an American, who became his companion. Disguising himself as a reporter, Maugham served as an espionage agent for British Secret Intelligence Service in Russia in 1916-17, but his stuttering and poor health hindered his career in this field. In 1917 he married Syrie Barnardo, an interior decorator; they were divorced in 1927-8. On his return from Russia, he spent a year in a sanatoriumin Scotland. Maugham then set off with Haxton on a series of travels to eastern Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Mexico. In many novels the surroundings also are international. Maugham's most famous story such as “Ashenden: or the