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W. Somerset Maugham From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search William Somerset Maugham Born January 25 Paris, France Died December 16 (Aged 91) Nice, France Occupation Playwright, novelist, short story writer William Somerset Maugham CH January 25 December 16 ) was an English playwright novelist , and short story writer. He was one of the most popular authors of his era, and reputedly the highest paid of his profession during the Contents Childhood and education Career Early works Popular success, 1914–1939 ... edit Childhood and education Maugham's father was an English lawyer handling the legal affairs of the British embassy in Paris Since French law declared that all children born on French soil could be conscripted for military service, Robert Ormond Maugham arranged for William to be born at the embassy, technically on British soil, saving him from conscription into any future French wars. His grandfather, another Robert, had also been a prominent lawyer and cofounder of the English Law Society and it was taken for granted that William would follow in their footsteps. Events were to ensure this was not to be, but his older brother Viscount Maugham did enjoy a distinguished legal career, becoming

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Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne W(illiam) Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) British novelist, playwright, short-story writer, highest paid author in the world in the 1930s. Despite his popularity, Maugham did not gain serious recognition. This was expressed in his autobiography THE SUMMING UP (1938), that he stood "in the very first row of the second-raters". Maugham's skill in handling plot has been compared by critics in the manner of Guy de Maupassant . In many novels the surroundings are international and the stories are told in clear, economical style with cynical or resigned undertone. "I have never pretended to be anything but a story teller. It has amused me to tell stories and I have told a great many. It is a misfortune for me that the telling of a story just for the sake of the story is not an activity that is in favor with the intelligentsia. In endeavor to bear my misfortunes with fortitude." (from Creatures of Circumstance W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris, as the sixth and youngest son of the solicitor to the British embassy. He learned French as his native tongue. At the age of 10, Maugham was orphaned and sent to England to live with his uncle, the vicar of Whitstable. Educated at King's School, Canterbury, and Heidelberg University, Maugham then studied six years medicine in London. He qualified in 1897 as doctor from St. Thomas' medical school, but abandoned medicine after the success of his first novels and plays.

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CacheBuster('') Printer Friendly over 3,000,000 articles and books Periodicals Literature Keyword Title Author Topic Member login User name Password Remember me Join us Forgot password? Submit articles free The Free Library ... Literature W. Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris as the sixth and youngest son of a solicitor to the British embassy. He learned French as his native language. At the age of 10, Maugham was orphaned and sent to England to live with his uncle, the vicar of Whitstable. Educated at King's School, Canterbury, and Heidelberg University, Maugham then studied medicine in London for six years. He qualified in 1897 as doctor from St. Thomas' medical school but abandoned medicine after the success of his first novels and plays. Maugham lived in Paris for ten years as a struggling young author. His first novel, Liza of Lambeth appeared in 1897, and drew on his experiences of attending women in childbirth. His first play, A Man of Honor , was produced in 1903. Four of his plays ran simultaneously in London in 1904. Maugham's breakthrough novel was the semi-autobiographical Of Human Bondage (1915), which is usually considered his outstanding achievement.

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W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM: A Biography Profession Author Place of Birth Paris Born Place of Death Nice Died Born in Paris, of Irish ancestry, Somerset Maugham was to lead a fascinating life and would become famous for his mastery of short evocative stories that were often set in the more obscure and remote areas of the British Empire. Suffering from a bad stammer, he received a classic public school education at King's school in Canterbury, Kent. Rather more unconventionally he studied at Heidelburg university where he read philosophy and literature. He then studied in London, eventually qualifying as a surgeon at St Thomas's hospital. He conducted his year's medical practice in the slums of the East End. It was here that he found material for his first, rather lurid, novel Liza of Lambeth in 1897 and much of the material for his critically acclaimed autobiographical novel Of Human Bondage although this wasn't to be published until 1915. He moved to Paris where he would strike up a successful working relationship with Laurence Housman and write a number of plays that would be run in London from 1908. At the outbreak of The Great War, Maugham, at age 40 and 5'6" was both too old and too short to enlist in the military so he joined a British Red Cross ambulance unit attached to the French Army, becoming like his comtemporaries, one of many Literary Ambulance Drivers . One of his co-drivers was Desmond MacCarthy , a writer in his own right who later became literary critic for The London Sunday Times. Before long Maugham was recruited for a far more interesting assignment as secret agent in Geneva and then Petrograd. In Russia, he was given the rather mammoth job of attempting to prevent the Russian Revolution from starting. His novel

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Somerset Maugham — World Traveler, Famed Storyteller By Craig Showalter Caxtonian , September 1997 September 1997 marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of W. Somerset Maugham's first novel, Liza of Lambeth . Written during his final year of medical school, the realistic novel draws upon his experiences in treating patients from the Lambeth slums of London. The book achieved modest public acclaim—even notoriety—sufficient, in fact, for Maugham to abandon his medical career to become a full-time writer. A year after his publishing debut, he left London for Capri in Italy, beginning a lifelong pattern of travel and story-telling that became the Maugham persona for millions of readers. Over the next 60 years, he became one of the most successful writers of all time. When Maugham was born—in the British Embassy in Paris in 1874—he was destined to become a lawyer. His father and grandfather had been prominent attorneys, and his oldest brother went on to become England's Lord Chancellor. However, Maugham had a severe stammer, which left him afraid to speak; so there were no plans for him to following the family tradition. Furthermore, he was orphaned by the age of 10 and was sent to England to be raised by an uncle, a clergyman. These circumstances led the young Maugham to be shy and withdrawn; consequently he became an observer rather than an active participant, but he was able to turn this to his advantage as a writer. The unhappiness and anxiety of his early life were recounted in his autobiographical novel

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Quotation Search by keyword or author: Home Weblog Quotes of the Day Motivational ... Read books online at our other site: The Literature Page Quotations by Author W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) [more author details] Showing quotations 1 to 30 of 36 total We have 1 book review related to W. Somerset Maugham. Read the works of W. Somerset Maugham online at The Literature Page At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. W. Somerset Maugham - More quotations on: [ Food Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it. W. Somerset Maugham - More quotations on: [ Death Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. W. Somerset Maugham It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. W. Somerset Maugham It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. Somerset Maugham People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. W. Somerset Maugham - More quotations on: [ Criticism She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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document.write(''); Home Collections Modern British print ... Modern Irish Collections W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) W(illiam) Somerset Maugham, playwright, novelist and short story writer was born of British parents in Paris in 1874. Brought up originally in France, Maugham lost his mother at the age of eight. Two years later his father died of cancer and Maugham the orphan was moved to Kent, where he boarded at King's School, Canterbury. His holidays were spent with an uncle in Whitstable. About this time Maugham developed the stammer which made it difficult for him to make relationships and contributed to his shy and introverted manner. Maugham studied philosophy and literature at Heidelberg University and then in London he qualified as a surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital. Of Human Bondage (1915) is an autobiographical novel describing his unhappiness and anxiety in early life and recounting his experiences as a medical student. Maugham served in the British Intelligence Service in World Wars I and II. In 1914 he was part of a Red Cross unit in France, later acting as a secret agent in Geneva. In Petrograd he was involved in trying to prevent the outbreak of the Russian Revolution. These experiences are related in Ashenden, or the British Agent

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The Literature Network Authors: 260 Books: 2,260 Forum Members: 41,657 Forum Posts: 465,479 Subscribe Teacher Accounts with student management and more. Home Authors Shakespeare Bible ... William Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham Search all of William Somerset Maugham Advanced Search William Somerset Maugham (January 25, 1874 – December 16, 1965) Well known British novelist, playwright and short-story writer, who achieved outstanding recognition as the highest paid author of the 1930s as well as his literary talent. Although his skills in handling plot-handling were compared to those of Guy de Maupassant by some critics and he was popular among many readers, Maugham’s works were not as well received by the some critics. Maugham was born in France in 1874 as the sixth and the youngest child of an English family. His father worked as the solicitor to the British Embassy in Paris and he spoke only French till he was 11, when he was orphaned and came to England to live with his religious uncle and his family. Maugham attended King's School, Canterbury, and Heidelberg University, where he studied literature and philosophy. Later on he moved on to specialise in medicine at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, which he completed in 1897 and became a doctor. However, Maugham did not practise medicine for a long time and gave it up altogether to become a full time writer when his first novels and plays proved successful. Maugham’s first novel Liza of Lambeth was published in 1897, which was based on Maugham’s experiences as a doctor, especially those which acquired during the days he attended women in childbirth. His first play

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CLICK AT ARROW ACROSS TO WIDEN PAGE FOOTNOTE THE RAZOR'S EDGE: TRUE OR FALSE? WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM "I have invented nothing. To save embarrassment to people still living I have given to the persons who play a part in this story names of my own contriving, and I have in other ways taken pains to make sure that no one should recognize them." W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, The Razor's Edge THE RAZOR'S EDGE: True or False? Almost from the very second The Razor's Edge was made available to the reading public there has been a raging controversy as to IF the storyline as presented by Somerset Maugham in what has turned out to be one of the Bestselling Novels of the 20th Century was true or false, fact or fiction. Throughout the years a variety of literary heavyweights from both sides of the aisle - and some not so heavyweight - have taken up the challenge in an attempt to either prove or disprove the contents as being nothing but factual to the storyline being no more than a total figment of the author's imagination. Thus far, no one from either side of the spectrum has been sucessful in proving their belief is 100 percent accurate without a doubt. What you find, however, on the

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