By William Somert Maugham
About the author:
William Somert Maugham (1874—1965), British writer, was born in Paris, where his father worked in the British Embassy. When he was eight, his mother died, and he was ten, died his father. He was brought up by his uncle. When he was young, he liked French literature, especially Maupassant’s works; he was also ied in fis and drama. That is why, after he graduated from Heidelberg Uy with a degree in medie, he decided he would devote his life to literature. In the First World War, Maugham rved in the Red Cross Ambulanit, and later in the British Intelligence Corps. During the 1920’s he traveled widely in the South Seas, Malaya, and a, and from 1928 he lived the south of France. During World War II, he lived in the U.S. Oxford Uy ferred upon him the degree of Honorary Doctor in 1952, and in 1954, he became a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 1955, he began his last travels in the Far East. He died in Fran December 16, 1965.
Maugham is famous for his miautobiographiovel Of Human Bondage (1915), which is generally regarded as his masterpied one of the greatest critical realist English novels in early 20th tury. The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is about the flict between an artist and the ventional society. Between 1902 and 1933, he mainly trated on drama writing. He was good at satiriedies and melodramas. By 1933, he had written over 30 plays.
Maugham wrote more than one hundred short stories, and it is in this gehat his artistic talents are most satisfyingly known. He is a critical realist with some tint of naturalism. His stories are mostly anti-traditional, insightful, satirical, and sometimes ical, his style is suess and simplicity, with minute descriptions and inal plots. He was called by some critics “The Maupassant in England.” As the follower of Maupassant, Maugham values the plot, especially the final twist. He is good at building up the expectations on the reader’s part.
By William Somert Maugham
About the author:
William Somert Maugham (1874—1965), British writer, was born in Paris, where his father worked in the British Embassy. When he was eight, his mother died, and he was ten, died his father. He was brought up by his uncle. When he was young, he liked French literature, especially Maupassant’s works; he was also ied in fis and drama. That is why, after he graduated from Heidelberg Uy with a degree in medie, he decided he would devote his life to literature. In the First World War, Maugham rved in the Red Cross Ambulanit, and later in the British Intelligence Corps. During the 1920’s he traveled widely in the South Seas, Malaya, and a, and from 1928 he lived the south of France. During World War II, he lived in the U.S. Oxford Uy ferred upon him the degree of Honorary Doctor in 1952, and in 1954, he became a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 1955, he began his last travels in the Far East. He died in Fran December 16, 1965.