The Luncheon by Somerset Maugham Analysis The text under analysis belongs to the pen of William Somerset Maugham‚ the one of the best known English writers of the 20th century. He was not only a novelist‚ but also one of the most successful dramatist and short-story writers. He was born in Paris in 1874. His parents died when he was very young. The boy was taken away from the French school‚ and went for his lessons daily to the apartment of the English clergyman at the church‚ then he was sent
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her name‚ I hardly think I would have recognized her. She addressed me brightly. “Well‚ its many years since we first met. How time does fly! We’re none of us getting any younger. Do you remember the first time I saw you? You asked me to luncheon.” Did I remember? It was twenty years ago and I was living in Paris. I had a tiny apartment in the Latin Quarter overlooking a cemetery and I was earning barely enough money to keep body and soul together. She had read a book of mine and had written
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IRONY IN THE LUNCHEON‚ THE ESCAPE Two short stories by William Somerset Maugham‚ The escape and The luncheon‚ both describes grieving experience of men towards women. The narrator of the former recites how his friend‚ Roger Charing‚ tries to get rid of a woman‚ Ruth Barlow. The author of the later reflects his own experience with a woman using her well-laid traps to make him fulfill her luxurious demands. Since these events are anything but pleasant and memorable‚ the author expresses his severe
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The writer of ’The Luncheon’ William Somerset Maugham‚ in this short story‚relates about a lady who is an admirer of his stories. She wins the author’s favour and expresses her wish to meet him at a high class restaurant.William exposes the false motives of modest eating habits‚ of the middle classes with a touch of humour. Twenty years ago the author was living in Paris‚ when he had met a lady‚ who is an admirer of his stories. She had met him at a play and relates to him the incident during
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The text I’m going to analyse represents a short-story‚ entitled "THE LUNCHEON"‚ written by a prominent‚ English novelist‚ short-story writer‚ playwright and essayist Somerset Maugham. First of all I’d like to say some words about the title of the text "The Luncheon". The title of the text is rather ironical. If we consult a dictionary‚ we can find out that the word "luncheon" means a "light snack"‚ but as we can see hereinafter a light snack turns to be an abundant and expensive meal. The text
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“The Luncheon” Jeffrey Archer She waved at me across a crowded room at the St. Regis Hotel in New York. I waved back‚ realizing I knew the face but unable to place it. She squeezed past waiters and guests and had reached me before I had the chance to ask anyone who she was. I racked that section of my brain that is meant to store people‚ but it transmitted no reply. I realized I would have to resort to the old party trick of carefully worded questions until her answers jogged my memory. “How are
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Somerset Maugham "Louise" I could never understand why Louise bothered with me. She disliked me and I knew that behind my back she seldom lost the opportunity of saying a disagreeable thing about me. She had too much delicacy ever to make a direct statement‚ but with a hint and a sigh and a little gesture of her beautiful hands she was able to make her meaning plain. It was true that we had known one another almost intimately for five and twenty years‚ but it was impossible for me to believe
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So Hee Ko AEAH 4812-001: Modernism and the Visual Arts‚ 1890-1945 October 1‚ 2012 Formal Interpretation Paper on Edouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass Originally titled as Le Bain‚ means the bath; Luncheon on the Grass was exhibited at the Salon de Refuses in 1863. It is painted with oil on a large canvas by Édouard Manet created in between 1862 and 1863. The painting represents the contrast between a female nude with fully clothed men in a rural setting. By that time‚ normally woman
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Felix Wilson Mrs. Martha Alston English 102-102 September 28‚ 2009 A Small‚ Good Thing 1. The protagonist in this story was Ann Weiss in my opinion. The way she interacted with others and expressed her feelings with everyone she came in contact makes me see her as the protagonist. Having the ability to express her true feelings and let the readers know how she is thinking makes this choice very easy. 2. Ann communicated with several people in this story starting with the Baker. Talking
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It was 5 minutes into our Hero’s Luncheon at the Gold Coast Casino and the speaker was honoring Tim Szymanski for his lifetime of work to keep Southern Nevada safe‚ when… the fire alarms went off… I was scheduled to give a 45-minute speech I had spent months working on – taking an 8-hour course down to a 45-minute review was tough enough‚ but when I arrived‚ I asked the program coordinators where the educational programs were to be held – her response was‚ what educational programs? She finally
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