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6 days ago · Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) and W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) were both orphaned in childhood, learned French before they learned English and left their professions, sailor and doctor, to become writers. Maugham—with his two languages, two nationalities, two professions, his marriage and his homosexual relationships—was intensely aware of ...
3 days ago · "The Summing Up" by W. Somerset Maugham is a reflective work in which the author examines his life, experiences, and the art of writing. Maugham emphasizes t...
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Jun 21, 2024 · W Somerset Maugham has written a book about his favourite novels. In this interview, Malcolm Muggeridge questions him about his choices, beginning with one of the authors who didn't make it...
Jun 21, 2024 · W. Somerset Maugham — ‘There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.’
Jun 25, 2024 · W. Somerset Maugham — ‘Our wise old church...has discovered that if you will act as if you believed belief will be given to you; if you pray with doubt, ...
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Jun 24, 2024 · W. Somerset Maugham — ‘The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned’.
Jun 21, 2024 · Of Human Bondage is a moving exploration of loneliness, obsessive love, and a young man's search for meaning and direction in life. Written in the third person, it tells the story of Philip Carey, a self-conscious orphan with a club-foot who learns medicine.
