W. Somerset Maugham ... William Somerset Maugham[n 2] CH (/ mɔːm / 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 was an English novelist, playwright, and short-story writer whose work is noted for its clear unadorned style, cosmopolitan settings, and a shrewd understanding of human nature. His novels include Of Human Bondage (1915) and The Razor’s Edge (1944).
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William Somerset Maugham, CH ( – ) 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 highest paid of his profession during the 1930s. [1 ...
William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He spoke French even before he spoke a word of English, a fact to which some critics attribute the purity of his style. His parents died early and, after an unhappy boyhood, which he recorded poignantly in Of Human Bondage, Maugham became a qualified physician. But writing was his true vocation. For ten years before his first success, he ...