William Somerset Maugham 1874 -1965 where his

William Somerset Maugham (1874 -1965)

where his , n. 25, 1874 sh embassy, a Paris, on J to the Briti • Born in s solicitor ed by the father wa augham was orphan eared by a r M Somerset 8 years old. He was at 13 was s ime he wa le, a clergyman, and ntended for t i c aternal un School, Cambridge, urch. p s nt to king' eparation for the Ch ncle's se r u ford and p ite, he obtained his time. He Ox r a nting to w o to Heidelberg for spent 6 Wa ission to g ion of medicine and year perm e profess London hospital. A d, chose th ning at a e trai ums follow rote l years in Lambeth s years he w e ntern in th iced. For 10 as an i t never prac y in Paris. but he t d in pover and live

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ong life, ing done l ughout a d as hav o ctive thrtill regarde • Produ ham is s , largely rly aug n the ea Of Human M i r, eat workical novel s popula of his gr graph a io s work w s because autob e. Though hi nemie g ndag reat many e portraits of livin d Bo had a g ntly malicious characters base he e re his appa(for example, th ugh Walpole inf people as Hardy and H use his view o pt a on Thom d Ale) and bece one of contem to Cakes any seemed to b nce. He repliedke humanittronizing tolera umanity was li or of paer charge that h is sympathies lt the latt also said that h e had never fe that; he ited and that htal emotions. were lim the fundamen some of

A good introduction to Maugham's works is The Maugham Reader (1952). Biographical and critical studies include Cyril Connolly, The Condemned Playground (1946); John Brophy, Somerset Maugham (1952); Karl G. Pfeiffer, W. Somerset Maugham: A Candid Portrait (1959); and Richard A. Cordell, Somerset Maugham: A Biographical and Critical Study (1961

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