1、William Somerset,Maugham,William Somerest Maugham,a famous,British,novelist,playwright,and short story writer,He was among the most,popular writers of his era,and reputedly the highest,paid author during,the,1930s,25 January 1874,16,December 1965,Brief Introduction to his life,1.Childhood,Birth,His, 。

2、father,w,a,s,a,l,a,w,y,e,r,who,handled,the,legal,affairs,of,British,embassy,i,n,P,a,i,r,s,a,n,d,Maugham,was,born,there,2.orphan experience,When he was 8 years old, his mother,passed away, and at the age of 10, his,father also passed away. And he inherited,parents legarcy which was 300 pounds,every y 。

3、ear,The early death of his mother left Maugham,traumatized;
he kept his mothers,photograph by his bedside for the rest of,his life,After that, Maugham was sent to UK to be,raised by a paternal uncle and the move,was damaging,as Henry Maugham was,cold and emotionally cruel,3.schoollife,The boy attend 。

4、ed,The Kings School,Canterbury,which was also difficult for him,He was teased for his bad English,French had,been his first language,and his short stature,which he inherited from his father,Maugham developed a,stammer that would stay with,him all his life, although,it was sporadic and subject,to moo 。

5、d and,circumstance,Miserable both at his,uncles vicarage and,at school, the young,Maugham developed,a talent for,making,wounding remarks,to,those who displeased,him. This ability is,sometimes reflected,in Maughams literary,characters,4.University,At sixteen, Maugham,refused to continue,at The Kings。

6、School,His uncle allowed him,to travel to Germany,where he studied,literature, philosophy,and German at,Heidelberg University,Heidelberg University,During his year in,Heidelberg, Maugham,met and had a sexual,affair with John,Ellingham Brooks, an,Englishman ten years,his senior,5,sexual affairs,6.Mar 。

7、riage and family,Although Maughams first and many other sexual,relationships were with,men,he also had sexual,relationships with a number of,women,He had an,affair with Syrie Wellcome, the wife of Henry,Wellcome, the American-born English,pharmaceutical magnate. They had a daughter,named Mary Elizab 。

8、eth Wellcome, (1915,1998,Henry Wellcome sued his wife for divorce, naming,Maugham as co-respondent,In May 1917, following the decree,absolute, Syrie Wellcome and,Maugham were,married,Syrie,Maugham became a noted,interior decorator who in the,1920s popularized he all-white,room. Their daughter was,fa 。

9、miliarly called Liza and her,surname was changed to,Maugham,Syrie finally,divorced,him in 1929,finding his relationship and,travels with Haxton too difficult to,live with,7.career,His grandfather, had been,a prominent lawyer ,and,his father and three older,brothers were all,distinguished lawyers so, 。

10、Maugham was asked to,be excused from the duty,of following in their,footsteps,Maugham had been writing,steadily since the age of 15 and,fervently wished to become an,author, but as he was not of,age, he refrained from telling,his guardian. For the next five,years, he,studied medicine,at,St Thomas Ho 。

11、spital in Lambeth,London,During these 5 years, he not only,had a chance to know the living,condition of the lowest class,people,but developed,keen eyes,to,analyse human and society as,well,8.Expriences,During World War1,he worked to save the,wounded soilders at the,frontline,especially the,firing li 。

12、ne, in Belgium,Later, he worked as a,secret agent,for Britain,and,gathered information,in,Geneva,He has also been sent on a,diplomatic mission,to,try to persuade the Russian goverment retreat,from the war. And this period of time was written,into some of his works,In 1916, he traveled to the south P 。

13、acific Ocean,And since then, he has traveled to the Far,East for many times,In 1920, he came to China in which he wrote,his,travels,On Chinese Screen,in 1922,and a full-length novel,The Painted Veil,whose,background is based on,Chinese culture in1925,After this, he has also,been to,South America and 。

14、,India,which added many,exotic,During World War II, he went,to America where he stayed,almost 6 years,In,1946,he went back to,France,In his later life, he enjoyed,a high reputation in both,Frence and Britain,In,1959,he made his last,journey to,the Far East,On Dec. 15th 1965,he,passed away in,Riviera 。

15、,France,at the age of 91,His Works,Drama,Long novels,short novels,comedies,Others,Notable Works,His reputation as a novelist,rests primarily on these,books,On Chinese Screen,His Writing Style,Influenced by the published journals of,the French writer,Jules Renard, Ibsen,and,Oscar Wilde,Maugham had en 。

16、joyed for their,conscientiousness, wisdom and wit,His,comedies,was influenced by Oscar Wilde a,lot,mianly about,family, love and the twists in,marriage,describe the situations and customs in the,upper class,express,the doubts about the society morality,more satiric than humourous,He always hold,calm 。

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