written by William Somerset Maugham‚ an English writer. He achieved a great success as a novelist with such novels as “Of Human Bondage”‚ “The Razor’s Edge” and others‚ as a dramatist‚ but he is best known by his short stories. His novels and short stories are characterized by great narrative facility‚ simplicity of style‚ and ironic point of view. Maugham says that a writer can’t change life‚ he must only try to amuse his reader‚ stir his imagination. And this is where Maugham achieves perfection:
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friends. On the other hand‚ some researches show that many people can create something only when their life is full of hardships and difficulties. Many writers devoted their works to description of creative people’s life. Among them are William Somerset Maugham‚ Kazuo Ishiguro‚ Mary Shelly and Ernest Hemingway. To my mind this fact proves that the fate of creative persons has interested people since long ago. To watch how the above mentioned writers reflected the fate of creative people in literature
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The pained veil. I have just read one of the Somerset Maugham’s novels under the title of “ The painted veil”‚ which he wrote in 1925. In his preface to the novel Maugham wrote‚ that he had felt a desire to use the story as an inspiration‚ but re-wrote it and made a more modern version of it. According to his words‚ it was the first time he started writing from a story instead of from a character. I can dare say‚ that the plot of the book is very tricky. But there is a great depth of meaning
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Escape” by W.S. Maugham William Somerset Maugham is one of the best known English writers of the 20th century. He was not only a novelist‚ but also a one of the most successful dramatist and short-story writers. Maugham wants the readers to draw their own conclusion about the characters and events described in his novels. His reputation as a novelist is based on the following prominent books: “Of Human Bondage”; “The Moon and Sixpence”; and “The Razor’s Edge”. Though Maugham doesn’t denounce
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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
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Mr. know all William Somerset Maugham was a British playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. Maugham’s style is clear-cut and elegant. The attitude of the novelist to his character seems mostly to be cynically sarcastic. A play upon contrasts and contradictions lies at the basis of Maugham’s sarcastic method in portraying his characters. The author often thought upon the problems of relationship
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William Somerset Maugham [pic] The Verger The Round Dozen Salina Vargas English IV AP Period 8 The life of William Somerset Maugham laid the introduction to many of his novels‚ plays‚ or short stories. His experiences growing up and traveling the world were the base for his work At the young age of ten‚ Maugham became an orphan and was sent to live with a religious uncle and lived a life that revolved around school that eventually led him to be a qualified doctor. These childhood experiences
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THE ESCAPE By Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham‚ a famous English writer‚ was born in 1874 in Paris. He received his medical degree‚ but he never practiced medicine; the ambition to write dominated his entire life. In 1897 "Liza of Lambeth"‚ Maugham’s first novel‚ appeared. It had no success. For the next ten years Maugham wrote and starved. He turned out a steady stream of plays and novels none of which excited much attention. His luck changed in 1907. In that year "Lady Frederic"‚ a comedy
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try‚ she was a slut.” This one phrase completely epitomizes Kitty Fane’s abject‚ egocentric nature in The Painted Veil. In this essay the supposed divergence of Kitty’s behavior and attitude shall be explored‚ and abolished as a mere illusion. Somerset Maugham created Kitty Fane to be a selfish‚ un-loyal wife that goes on an enlightening journey in cholera stricken Mei-Tan Fu‚ and changes into a caring‚ loving wife that rues her infidelity and self-indulgence‚ and who becomes almost pitiful
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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. ’The Luncheon’ is a plotted story. It comprises all the four elements of plot: the exposition‚ development‚ climax and resolution. The title is significant for the story as
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