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Author : Anthony Curtis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Pattern of Maugham written by Anthony Curtis and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jane Bricken
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (632 download)
Download or read book The Philosophic Pattern of W. Somerset Maugham written by Jane Bricken and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anthony Curtis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780241024812
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (248 download)
Download or read book The Pattern of Maugham written by Anthony Curtis and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anthony Curtis
Publisher : London : Hamilton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Pattern of Maugham written by Anthony Curtis and published by London : Hamilton. This book was released on 1974 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interesting and thorough study evaluates the whole of Maugham's huge literary output as dispassionately as possible. The author, formerly with the London Times Literary Supplement, is guided by his affection and sympathy with the man and his work. In tracing the ideas which influenced Maugham, the social background which formed him, and the intellectual climate of the times, the author offers a portrait of a man whose one real passion was literature. Maugham wrote short stories, novels, and plays which are discussed and analyzed in detail. This is not a biography of the man, but of the writer, and the struggles and successes he found in his chosen profession.
Author : Graham Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (387 download)
Download or read book Mr. Maugham's Pattern written by Graham Greene and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. Somerset Maugham
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 1513288253
Total Pages : 573 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (132 download)
Download or read book Of Human Bondage written by W. Somerset Maugham and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Human Bondage (1915) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Inspired by his experiences as an orphan and young student, Maugham composed his masterpiece. Adapted several times for film, Of Human Bondage is a story of tragedy, perseverance, and the eternal search for happiness which drives us as much as it haunts our every move. Orphaned as a boy, Philip Carey is raised in an affectionless household by his aunt and uncle. Although his Aunt Louisa tries to make him feel welcome, William proves an uncaring, vindictive man. Left to fend for himself most days, Philip finds solace in the family’s substantial collection of books, which serve as an escape for the imaginative boy. Sent to study at a prestigious boarding school, Philip struggles to fit in with his peers, who abuse him for his intelligence and club foot. Despite his struggles, he perseveres in his studies and chooses his own path in life, moving to Heidelberg, Germany and denying his uncle’s wish that he attend Oxford. As he struggles to become a professional artist, Philip learns that one’s dreams are often unsubstantiated in the world of the living. Of Human Bondage is a tale of desire, disappointment, and romance by a master stylist with a keen sense of the complications inherent to human nature. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of W. Somerset Maugham’s Of Human Bondage is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
Author : Jeffrey Meyers
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307491110
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Somerset Maugham written by Jeffrey Meyers and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-04-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instinctive and magnificent storyteller, Somerset Maugham was one of the most popular and successful writers of his time. He published seventy-eight books -- including the undisputed classics Of Human Bondage and The Razor’s Edge -- which sold over 40 million copies in his lifetime. Born in Paris to sophisticated parents, Willie Maugham was orphaned at the age of ten and brought up in a small English coastal town by narrow-minded relatives. He was trained as a doctor, but never practiced medicine. His novel Ashenden, based on his own espionage for Britain in World War I, influenced writers from Eric Ambler to John le Carr?. After a failed affair with an actress, he married another man’s mistress, but reserved his greatest love for a man who shared his life for nearly thirty years. He traveled the world and spoke several languages. Despite a debilitating stutter, and an acerbic and formal manner, he entertained literary celebrities and royalty at his villa in the south of France. He made a fortune from his writing--the short story “Rain” alone earned him a million dollars–yet true critical recognition, and the esteem of his literary peers, eluded him. The life of Somerset Maugham, as told by acclaimed biographer Jeffrey Meyers, is an intriguing, glamorous, complex, and extraordinary account of one of the twentieth century’s most enduring writers. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Author : W. Somerset Maugham
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (371 download)
Download or read book Ashenden written by W. Somerset Maugham and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-01-01T20:46:22Z with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War I W. Somerset Maugham, already by then an established playwright and author, was recruited to be a British intelligence agent. These stories reflect his wartime experiences in intelligence gathering. Though fictionalized, they managed to retain enough authentic elements for Winston Churchill to advise Maugham that their publication might be a violation of the Official Secrets Act, resulting in the author burning an additional 14 stories. Set in various locales across the continent, these remaining Ashenden stories are a precursor to the jet-setting spy novels of the 1950s and 1960s. Maugham is known as a master short story writer and these stories are no exception, combining wit and realism to create memorable characters in a unique and highly critical portrait of wartime espionage. Initially released to a mixed reception—with an early review by D. H. Lawrence being especially scathing—Ashenden has since been credited as an inspiration for numerous authors, including John Le Carré, Graham Greene, and Raymond Chandler. The latter in particular was especially impressed, writing in 1950, “There are no other great spy stories—none at all. I have been searching and I know.” This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Author : Frank B. Huggins
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544183045
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)
Download or read book CliffsNotes on Maugham's Of Human Bondage written by Frank B. Huggins and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1963-10-24 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
Author : Selina Hastings
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0679603719
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (796 download)
Download or read book The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham written by Selina Hastings and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was a brilliant teller of tales, one of the most widely read authors of the twentieth century, and at one time the most famous writer in the world, yet W. Somerset Maugham’s own true story has never been fully told. At last, the fascinating truth is revealed in a landmark biography by the award-winning writer Selina Hastings. Granted unprecedented access to Maugham’s personal correspondence and to newly uncovered interviews with his only child, Hastings portrays the secret loves, betrayals, integrity, and passion that inspired Maugham to create such classics as The Razor’s Edge and Of Human Bondage. Hastings vividly presents Maugham’s lonely childhood spent with unloving relatives after the death of his parents, a trauma that resulted in shyness, a stammer, and for the rest of his life an urgent need for physical tenderness. Here, too, are his adult triumphs on the stage and page, works that allowed him a glittering social life in which he befriended and sometimes fell out with such luminaries as Dorothy Parker, Charlie Chaplin, D. H. Lawrence, and Winston Churchill. The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham portrays in full for the first time Maugham’s disastrous marriage to Syrie Wellcome, a manipulative society woman of dubious morality who trapped Maugham with a pregnancy and an attempted suicide. Hastings also explores Maugham’s many affairs with men, including his great love, Gerald Haxton, an alcoholic charmer and a cad. Maugham’s courageous work in secret intelligence during two world wars is described in fascinating detail—experiences that provided the inspiration for the groundbreaking Ashenden stories. From the West End to Broadway, from China to the South Pacific, Maugham’s restless and remarkably productive life is thrillingly recounted as Hastings uncovers the real stories behind such classics as “Rain,” The Painted Veil, Cakes & Ale, and other well-known tales. An epic biography of a hugely talented and hugely conflicted man, The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham is the definitive account of Maugham’s extraordinary life.
Author : William Somerset Maugham
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781589790728
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (97 download)
Download or read book The W. Somerset Maugham Reader written by William Somerset Maugham and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The W. Somerset Maugham Reader presents a full range of Maugham's literary capabilities, from his early works of social realism, to his dramatic tales of love and revenge, to his pieces on travel to exotic lands.
Author : Ronald Edgar Barnes
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111391434
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (113 download)
Download or read book The dramatic comedy of William Somerset Maugham written by Ronald Edgar Barnes and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Somerset Maugham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Moon and Sixpence written by William Somerset Maugham and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Rogal
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1567509029
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (675 download)
Download or read book A William Somerset Maugham Encyclopedia written by Samuel Rogal and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-05-28 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Somerset Maugham was one of the most popular and successful British writers of his time. From October 1897, when he completed his medical education at St. Thomas's Hospital in London, until his death in December 1965, Maugham wrote twenty novels, filled nine volumes with his short stories, wrote thirty-one plays, and published seven volumes of prose nonfiction. His writings reflect the tensions of the Boer War, World War I, and World War II; the lavishness of the highest levels of British and American society during the first six decades of the 20th century; the glamor of Hollywood, Paris, New York, San Francisco, and London; and the romance of China, Malaya, Borneo, and India. His popularity brought him prosperity. At a 1962 auction, 35 of his paintings sold for nearly $1.5 million; bequests in his will totaled $280,000; his royalties during the last ten years of his life averaged $50,000 per year; and his Riviera estate, purchased in 1927 for $48,000, sold for $730,000 in 1967. This reference book is a guide to Maugham's fascinating life and career. The volume begins with a brief discussion of the importance of Maugham's life and work, followed by a detailed chronology of important biographical and literary events. Through several hundred alphabetically arranged entries, the encyclopedia overviews Maugham's drama, fiction, and prose nonfiction; his family; the persons whom he knew and with whom he associated; the places where he lived and to which he journeyed, particularly the cities and villages that he inserted into his works; and the historical, cultural, social, and political issues that governed his life and career. Each entry closes with a brief bibliography, and the volume includes a selected bibliography of critical studies.
Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 1410346250
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)
Download or read book A Study Guide for Somerset Maugham's "For Services Rendered" written by Gale, Cengage Learning and published by Gale, Cengage Learning . This book was released on 2016 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Study Guide for Somerset Maugham's "For Services Rendered," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
Author : Selina Hastings
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1611457041
Total Pages : 914 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)
Download or read book The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham written by Selina Hastings and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was a brilliant teller of tales, one of the most widely read authors of the twentieth century, and at one time the most famous writer in the world, yet W. Somerset Maugham’s own true story has never been fully told. At last, the truth is revealed in a landmark biography by the award-winning writer Selina Hastings. Granted unprecedented access to Maugham’s personal correspondence and to newly uncovered interviews with his only child, Hastings portrays the secret loves, betrayals, integrity, and passion that inspired Maugham to create such classics as The Razor’s Edge and Of Human Bondage. Portrayed in full for the first time is Maugham’s disastrous marriage to Syrie Wellcome, a manipulative society woman who trapped Maugham with a pregnancy and an attempted suicide. Hastings also explores Maugham’s many affairs with men, including his great love, Gerald Haxton, an alcoholic charmer. Maugham’s work in secret intelligence during two world wars is described in fascinating detail—experiences that provided the inspiration for the groundbreaking Ashenden stories. From the West End to Broadway, from China to the South Pacific, Maugham’s remarkably productive life is thrillingly recounted as Hastings uncovers the real stories behind such classics as Rain, The Painted Veil, Cakes & Ale, and other well-known tales.
Author : Frederick William Sinfelt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (787 download)
Download or read book The Characteristic Pattern of Unconventionality in the Dramatic Writing of W. Somerset Maugham written by Frederick William Sinfelt and published by . This book was released on with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
