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1、SomersetMaugham,afamousBritishnovelistplaywrightandshortstorywriter.(25January187416December1965),section1,BriefIntroductionofhislife,Childhood,8yearsoldhismomdied,twoyearslaterhisfatherdied.MaughamwassenttotheUKtobecaredforbyhisuncle,HenryMacDonaldMaugham.hisuncleprovedcoldandemotionallycruel,hisne

2、wschoolwasalsodifficultforhim.HewasteasedforhisbadEnglish(Frenchhadbeenhisfirstlanguage)andhisshortstature,whichheinheritedfromhisfather.,Childhood,Miserablebothathisunclesvicarageandatschool,theyoungMaughamdevelopedatalentformakingwoundingremarkstothosewhodispleasedhim.Thisabilityissometimesreflect

3、edinMaughamsliterarycharacters.,Career,Maughamsfatherandthreeolderbrotherswerealldistinguishedlawyers,butMaughamaskedtobeexcusedfromthedutyoffollowingintheirfootsteps.Maughamhadbeenwritingsteadilysincetheageof15andferventlywishedtobecomeanauthor，butlaterhestudiedmedicineatthemedicalschool，meetingpeo

4、pleofalowsortwhomhewouldneverhavemetotherwise,andseeingthematatimeofheightenedanxietyandmeaningintheirlives.,Career,In1897,hepublishedhisfirstnovel,LizaofLambeth,ataleofworking-classadulteryanditsconsequences.LizaofLambethsfirstprintrunsoldoutinamatterofweeks.Maugham,whohadqualifiedasamedic,droppedm

5、edicineandembarkedonhis65-yearcareerasamanofletters.Helatersaid,Itooktoitasaducktakestowater.,Marriage,DuringhisyearinHeidelbergMaughammetandhadasexualaffairwithJohnEllinghamBrooks,anEnglishmantenyearshissenior.Althoughhomosexual,MaughamenteredintoarelationshipwithSyrieWellcome,anAmerican-bornEnglis

6、hpharmaceuticalmagnate.HenryWellcomesuedhiswifefordivorce,namingMaughamasco-respondent.Themarriagewasunhappy,andSyriedivorcedhimin1929,findinghisrelationshipandtravelswithHaxtontoodifficulttolivewith.,Marriage,Maughamslovelifewasalmostneversmooth.Heonceconfessed:Ihavemostlovedpeoplewhocaredlittleorn

7、othingformeandwhenpeoplehavelovedmeIhavebeenembarrassed.Inordernottohurttheirfeelings,IhaveoftenactedapassionIdidnotfeel.,Section2,Worksandwritingstyle,drama,Longnovel,NotableWorks,Hisreputationasanovelistrestsprimarilyonthesebooks:,LizaofLambeth(1897)wasW.SomersetMaughamsfirstnovel,whichhewrotewhil

8、eworkingasadoctoratahospitalinLambeth.ItdepictstheshortlifeanddeathofLizaKemp,an18-year-oldfactoryworkerwholivestogetherwithheragingmotherinthefictionalVereStreet.Allinall,itgivesthereaderaninterestinginsightintotheeverydaylivesofworkingclassLondonersattheendofthenineteenthcentury.,Inclassicguide,Ma

9、ughamintroducesanddiscusseswhatheconsiderstobethetengreatestnovelsandtheirauthors.Herearesomeoftheformulaeofgreatnessinthegenre.Maughamschoicelist:,FieldingsTomJones;汤姆琼斯（亨利菲尔丁）DickenssDavidCopperfield;大卫科波菲尔（查尔斯狄更斯）FlaubertsMadameBovary;包法利夫人（福楼拜）BalzacsOldManGoriot;高老头(巴尔扎克）EmilyBrontesWutheringHe

10、ights,呼啸山庄（艾蜜莉勃朗特）DostoevskysTheBrothersKaramazov;卡拉马佐夫兄弟（陀思妥耶夫斯基)StendhalsTheRedandtheBlack;红与黑（斯汤达尔）AustensPrideandPrejudice;傲慢与偏见（珍奥斯汀）MelvillesMobyDick;白鲸记（赫尔曼梅尔维尔)TolstoysWarandPeace.战争与和平（托尔斯泰）,HisWritingStyle,MaughamwasinfluencedbythepublishedjournalsoftheFrenchwriterJulesRenard,Ibsenandhisco

11、medieswasinfluencedbyOscarWildealot.Maughamhadenjoyedfortheirconscientiousness,wisdomandwit.Healwaysholdcalm,aloofevenparticularattitudeswithsomesatireandmercytoobservelifeinalmostallhisworks.,HisWritingStyle,Hisworksaremianlyaboutfamily,loveandthetwistsinmarriage.Hedescribedthesituationsandcustomsi

12、ntheupperclassandexpressedthedoubtsaboutthesocietymorality.Hisworksaremoresatiricthanhumourous.,section3,Influence,In1947MaughaminstitutedtheSomersetMaughamAward,awardedtothebestBritishwriterorwritersundertheageofthirty-fiveforaworkoffictionpublishedinthepastyear.NotablewinnersincludeV.S.Naipaul,KingsleyAmis,MartinAmisandThomGunn.Onhisdeath,MaughamdonatedhisroyaltiestotheRoyalLiteraryFund.,Otherwritersacknowledgedhiswork.AnthonyBurgess,whoincludedacomplexfictionalportraitofMaughaminthenovelEarthlyPowers,praisedhisinfluence.IanFlemingnotedthathewrotetheshortst