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WilliamSomersetMaugham WilliamSomerestMaugham afamousBritishnovelist playwrightandshortstorywriter Hewasamongthemostpopularwritersofhiseraandreputedlythehighestpaidauthorduringthe1930s 25January1874 16December1965 BriefIntroductiontohislife 1 ChildhoodBirth HisfatherwasalawyerwhohandledthelegalaffairsofBritishembassyinPairs andMaughamwasbornthere SinceFrenchlawdeclaredthatallchildrenbornonFrenchsoilcouldbeconscriptedformilitaryservice hisfatherarrangedforMaughamtobebornattheembassy technicallyonBritishsoil 2 orphanexperienceWhenhewas8yearsold hismotherpassedaway andattheageof10 hisfatheralsopassedaway Andheinheritedparents legarcywhichwas300poundseveryyear TheearlydeathofhismotherleftMaughamtraumatized hekepthismother sphotographbyhisbedsidefortherestofhislife Afterthat MaughamwassenttoUKtoberaisedbyapaternaluncleandthemovewasdamaging asHenryMaughamwascoldandemotionallycruel 3 schoollifeTheboyattendedTheKing sSchool Canterbury whichwasalsodifficultforhim HewasteasedforhisbadEnglish Frenchhadbeenhisfirstlanguage andhisshortstature whichheinheritedfromhisfather Maughamdevelopedastammerthatwouldstaywithhimallhislife althoughitwassporadicandsubjecttomoodandcircumstance Miserablebothathisuncle svicarageandatschool theyoungMaughamdevelopedatalentformakingwoundingremarkstothosewhodispleasedhim ThisabilityissometimesreflectedinMaugham sliterarycharacters 4 University Atsixteen MaughamrefusedtocontinueatTheKing sSchool HisuncleallowedhimtotraveltoGermany wherehestudiedliterature philosophyandGermanatHeidelbergUniversity HeidelbergUniversity DuringhisyearinHeidelberg MaughammetandhadasexualaffairwithJohnEllinghamBrooks anEnglishmantenyearshissenior 5 sexualaffairs 6 MarriageandfamilyAlthoughMaugham sfirstandmanyothersexualrelationshipswerewithmen healsohadsexualrelationshipswithanumberofwomen HehadanaffairwithSyrieWellcome thewifeofHenryWellcome theAmerican bornEnglishpharmaceuticalmagnate TheyhadadaughternamedMaryElizabethWellcome 1915 1998 HenryWellcomesuedhiswifefordivorce namingMaughamasco respondent InMay1917 followingthedecreeabsolute SyrieWellcomeandMaughamweremarried SyrieMaughambecameanotedinteriordecoratorwhointhe1920spopularized theall whiteroom TheirdaughterwasfamiliarlycalledLizaandhersurnamewaschangedtoMaugham Syriefinallydivorcedhimin1929 findinghisrelationshipandtravelswithHaxtontoodifficulttolivewith 7 career Hisgrandfather hadbeenaprominentlawyer andhisfatherandthreeolderbrotherswerealldistinguishedlawyerssoMaughamwasaskedtobeexcusedfromthedutyoffollowingintheirfootsteps Maughamhadbeenwritingsteadilysincetheageof15andferventlywishedtobecomeanauthor butashewasnotofage herefrainedfromtellinghisguardian Forthenextfiveyears hestudiedmedicineatStThomas HospitalinLambeth London Duringthese5years henotonlyhadachancetoknowthelivingconditionofthelowestclasspeople butdevelopedkeeneyestoanalysehumanandsocietyaswell 8 Expriences DuringWorldWar1 heworkedtosavethewoundedsoildersatthefrontline especiallythefiringline inBelgium Later heworkedasasecretagentforBritainandgatheredinformationinGeneva HehasalsobeensentonadiplomaticmissiontotrytopersuadetheRussiangovermentretreatfromthewar Andthisperiodoftimewaswrittenintosomeofhisworks In1916 hetraveledtothesouthPacificOcean Andsincethen hehastraveledtotheFarEastformanytimes In1920 hecametoChinainwhichhewrotehistravels OnChineseScreen in1922andafull lengthnovel ThePaintedVeil whosebackgroundisbasedonChineseculturein1925 Afterthis hehasalsobeentoSouthAmericaandIndia whichaddedmanyexoticatmopherestohisworks DuringWorldWarII hewenttoAmericawherehestayedalmost6years In1946 hewentbacktoFrance Inhislaterlife heenjoyedahighreputationinbothFrenceandBritain In1959 hemadehislastjourneytotheFarEast OnDec 15th1965 hepassedawayinRiviera Franceattheageof91 HisWorks Drama Longnovels shortnovels comedies Others NotableWorks Hisreputationasanovelistrestsprimarilyonthesebooks OnChineseScreen HisWritingStyle InfluencedbythepublishedjournalsoftheFrenchwriterJulesRenard IbsenandOscarWilde Maughamhadenjoyedfortheirconscientiousness wisdomandwit HiscomedieswasinfluencedbyOscarWildealot mianlyaboutfamily loveandthetwistsinmarriage describethesituationsandcustomsintheupperclass expressthedoubtsaboutthesocietymorality moresatiricthanhumourous Healwaysholdcalm impersomalaloofevenparticularattitudeswithsomesatireandmercytoobservelifeinalmostallhisworks quotes 1 Itisanillusionthatyouthishappy anillusionofthosewhohavelostit 2 Beautyisanecstasy itisassimpleashunger Thereisreallynothingtobesaidaboutit Itisliketheperfumeofarose youcansmellitandthatisall 3 Theartistproducesfortheliberationofhissoul Itishisnaturetocreateasitisthenatureofwatertorundownthehill 4 It snogoodtryingtokeepupoldfriendships It spainfulforbothsides Thefactis onegrowsoutofpeople andtheonlythingistofaceit 5 Weknowourfriendsbytheirdefectsratherthanbytheirmerits 6 Imaginationgrowsbyexerciseandcontrarytocommonbeliefismorepowerfulinthematurethanintheyoung 7 Anunfortunatethingaboutthisworldisthatthegoodhabitsaremucheasiertogiveupthanthebadones 8 Deathisaverydull drearyaffair andmyadvicetoyouistohavenothingwhatsoevertodowithit 9 Amanmarriestohaveahome butalsobecausehedoesn twanttobebotheredwithsexandallthatsortofthing 10 Thecommonideathatsuccessspoilspeoplebymakingthemvain egotistic andself complacentiserroneous onthecontrary itmakesthem forthemostpart humble tolerant and
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