W. Somerset Maugham
Playwright and Author
George Orwell...T. S. Eliot and D. H. Lawrence. But I believe the modern writer who has influenced me most is Somerset Maugham, whom I admire immensely for his power of telling a story straightforwardly and without frills." Elsewhere, Orwell strongly... In this article: George Orwell, Jack London, Jacintha Buddicom, Victor Gollancz Ltd, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Socialism, Spanish Civil War, Animal Farm, and Eton College |
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Independent.co.uk - Books | September 26, 2009
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham, By Selina Hastings
...The Casuarina Tree in his 100 Key Books of the Modern Movement. Even Burgess, whose bile stemmed from his extreme jealousy at Maugham's renown and wealth, was a great admirer. I sometimes wonder how many of those who so readily dismiss...
In this article: William Somerset Maugham, Anthony Burgess, Raymond Chandler, King's School, Canterbury, Earthly Powers, The Casuarina Tree, Of Human Bondage, Gore Vidal, and Cyril Connolly
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Wikipedia | October 13, 2009
Enemies of Promise
...literary character of the 1920s. Examples of vernacular or realist exponents include Ernest Hemingway, Somerset Maugham, Christopher Isherwood and George Orwell the dominant force in the 1930s. Connolly quotes a few lines of "The...
In this article: Cyril Connolly, Eton, Brian Howard, Enemies of Promise, Cecil Beaton, George Orwell, Compound interest, Nationalism, Roger Mynors, and Victoria Cross
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The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories | October 08, 2009
The Best of Brit Lit
...wild sexuality, how snakes help us see, and the importance of literary mags. Somerset Maugham is one of those authors now more read about than read. In 1907 he had four plays running simultaneously in London and in 1940 George Orwell...
In this article: Somerset Maugham, T.S. Eliot, Times Literary Supplement, Peter Stothard, Sloan School of Management, and Iraq War
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Asbury Park Press | January 03, 2009
Colonial-era hotel a reminder of romantic past in neglected Myanmar
...British officers, celebrities and even royalty. Luminaries such as Rudyard Kipling, W. Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, Noel Coward, George Orwell and Lord Mountbatten were all regular customers. More recently, it has accommodated the likes of...
In this article: Strand Hotel, Burma, Yangon, Raffles Hotel, Singapore, Cyclone Nargis, World War II, Sarkies Brothers, Adrian Zecha, and Associated Press
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Burmese Days
...of hand" Another of Orwell's biographers, Shelden, notes that Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham and E. M. Forster have been suggested as possible influences, but believes "the ghost of A. E. Housman hangs heavily over the book. Orwell...
In this article: Burmese Days, George Orwell, Victor Gollancz, Suicide, and Burma
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W. Somerset Maugham
...a complex fictional portrait of Maugham in the novel Earthly Powers. George Orwell also stated that Maugham was "the modern writer who has influenced me the most". The American writer Paul Theroux, in his short story collection The...
In this article: Liza of Lambeth, Of Human Bondage, Literature, World War I, and World War II
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William Somerset Maugham (pronounced 'mawm'), CH (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was one of the most popular authors of his era, and reputedly the highest paid of his profession during the 1930s.
- Name At Birth:
- William Somerset Maugham
- Birth Date:
- January 25, 1874
- Birthplace:
- Paris, France
- Death Date:
- December 16, 1965
- Place of Death:
- Nice, France
- Occupation:
- Playwright, Novelist, Short Story writer
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