作家毛姆生平英文ppt课件

Maugham entered into a relationship
with Syrie Wellcome, an American-born
English pharmaceutical magnate. Henry
Wellcome sued his wife for
divorce,naming Maugham as co-
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Works and writing style
able Works
His reputation as a novelist rests primarily on these books:
Liza of Lambeth (1897) was W. Somerset Maugham's first novel, which he wrote while working as a doctor at a hospital in Lambeth. It depicts the short life and death of Liza Kemp, an 18-year-old factory worker who lives together with her aging mother in the fictional Vere Street. All in all, it gives the reader an interesting insight into the everyday lives of working class Londoners at the end of the nineteenth century.
Somerset Maugham
a famous British novelist ﹑ playwright and short story writer. (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965)
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Brief Introduction of his life
and emotionally cruel, his new
school was also difficult for him. He
was teased for his bad English
(French had been his first language)
and his short stature, which he
Childhood
8 years old his mom died ,two years
later his father died.Maugham was
sent to the UK to be cared for by his
uncle,
Henry
MacDonald
Maugham..his uncle proved cold
displeased him. This ability is
sometimes reflected in
Maugham's
literary
characters.
Career
Maugham's father and three older brothers were all distinguished lawyers, but Maugham 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 later he studied medicine at the medical school ，meeting people of a "low" sort whom he would never have met otherwise, and seeing them at a time of heightened anxiety and meaning in their lives.
Marriage
During his year in Heidelberg Maugham
met and had a sexual affair with John
Ellingham Brooks, an Englishman ten
years his senior. Although homosexual,
respondent.The
marriage
was
unhappy,and Syrie divorced him in
1929, finding his relationship and travels
Marriage
Maugham's love life was almost never smooth. He once confessed: "I have most loved people who cared little or nothing for me and when people have loved me I have been embarrassed ... In order not to hurt their feelings, I have often acted a passion I did not feel.
Career
In 1897, he published his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, a tale of working-class adultery and its consequences.Liza of Lambeth's first print run sold out in a matter of weeks. Maugham, who had qualified as a medic, dropped medicine and embarked on his 65-year career as a man of letters. He later said, "I took to it as a duck takes to water."
inherited from his father.
Childhood
Miserable both at his uncle's
vicarage and at school, the
young Maugham developed a
talent for making wounding
remarks to those who