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W. Somerset Maugham was a highly successful author, whose career spanned from 1914 to 1939. He wrote many publicly well-received novels and plays, including his best known work Of Human Bondage. He never quite received the respect he would have liked from his peers and critics, which believed to be the result of a lack of vocabulary skill and the inability to excite with through imagery in his writing.
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Maugham's parents both died when he was very young. This left him in the care of guardians that were indifferent to him, thus leaving emotional scars that remained his entire life. His father, grandfather and brother were all successful lawyers, and it was expected that he would follow in the family footsteps. By the time he reached college age, however, he had been writing for quite some time, and longed to become an author. He was too young to decide his own fate, and was forced to follow his guardian's wishes that he attend medical school. -
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His medical training, and service for the British Red Cross during World War l, all served the author well, supplying subject matter from which to draw in his writings. During this time of service, he was also able to observe his fellow man and to see first hand how pain and suffering can ravage the human spirit. The effect these experiences had on him is seen in many of his works. He died at the age of 91. -
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- Birth Name: William Somerset Maugham
- Born: January 25, 1874
- Birthplace: British Embassy, Paris, France
- Parents died when very young
- Was a stutterer
- Once had four of his plays run simultaneously in London
- Attended medical school for five years
- [http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Human_Bondage Of Human Bondage] semi-autobiographical
- Served in WW1 as an ambulance driver
- Gathered and passed on Intelligence during the war
- Died: December 16, 1965, Nice, France
- His ashes were scattered near Maugham library, Canterbury, England
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- Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure
- You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences
- It was such a lovely day I thought it was a pity to get up
- Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it
- If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too
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W. Somerset Maugham was a highly successful author, whose career spanned from 1914 to 1939. He wrote many publicly well-received novels and plays, including his best known work Of Human Bondage. He never quite received the respect he would have liked from his peers and critics, which believed to be the result of a lack of vocabulary skill and the inability to excite with through imagery in his writing.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth. ~ W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge (1943)
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**"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."W. Somerset Maugham
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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. - W. Somerset Maugham
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He had heard people speak contemptuously of money he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. - W. Somerset Maugham
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Quartet: Four Classic Tales by W. Somerset Maugham - $23.00
Four Short Films Based on the Stories of W. Somerset Maugham.
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Two volume set of The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham including: Volume 1; East and West, 955 pages, 30 stories. Volume 2; The World Over, 681 pages, 61 stories.
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Trio (1950) ( 3 Stories by W. Somerset Maugham ) ( The Verger / Mr Knowall / Sanatorium ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ] - $25.99
Great Britain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ),SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene A...
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The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is a book by William Somerset Maugham based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told in episodic form by the first-person narrator as a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central ...
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</small> Maugham's parents both died when he was very young. This left him in the care of guardians that were indifferent to him, thus leaving emotional scars that remained his entire life. His father, grandfather and brother were all successful lawyers, and it was expected that he would follow in the family footsteps. By the time he reached college age, however, he had been writing for quite some time, and longed to become an author. He was too young to decide his own fate, and was forced to follow his guardian's wishes that he attend medical school. -
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</small>His medical training, and service for the British Red Cross during World War l, all served the author well, supplying subject matter from which to draw in his writings. During this time of service, he was also able to observe his fellow man and to see first hand how pain and suffering can ravage the human spirit. The effect these experiences had on him is seen in many of his works. He died at the age of 91.
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Fast Facts
- Birth Name: William Somerset Maugham
- Born: January 25, 1874
- Birthplace: British Embassy, Paris, France
- Parents died when very young
- Was a stutterer
- Once had four of his plays run simultaneously in London
- Attended medical school for five years
- Of Human Bondage semi-autobiographical
- Served in WW1 as an ambulance driver
- Gathered and passed on Intelligence during the war
- Died: December 16, 1965, Nice, France
- His ashes were scattered near Maugham library, Canterbury, England
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Quotations
- Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure
- You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences
- It was such a lovely day I thought it was a pity to get up
- Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it
- If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too
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W. Somerset Maugham Personal Timeline
- 1874: Born, January 25, British Embassy, Paris, France
- 1882: Mother dies
- 1884: Father dies
- 1884: Sent to live with an uncle
- 1884: Attends The King's boarding school | Stutter incurs teasing
- 1892: Enters St. Thomas medical school
- 1917: Daughter born
- 1917: Marries Syrie Wellcome
- 1917: Works for Intelligence Agency
- 1927: Divorces wife
- 1928: Buys villa on French Riviera
- 1954: Receives membership of Order of the Companians of Honor
- January 25, 1965: Dies
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W. Somerset Maugham Works Adapted to Stage|Screen|TV
- Most of The Following Selected Works are from IMDB Which Has Pop-Ups
- 1908: Lady Frederick
- 1935: Rain
- 1938: Vessle of Wrath
- 1953: Miss Sadie Thompson
- 1964: Of Human Bondage
- 1967: The Moon and Sixpence
- 1982: The Letter
- 1983: The Winds of War
- 1984: The Razor's Edge
- 1978: Tales of the Unexpected
- 1989: The Circle
- 1991: Ashenden
- 2000: Up at the Villa
- 2004: Being Julia
- 1905: The Constant Wife
- 2006: The Painted Veil
