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Theatrical Companion to Maugham: A Pictorial Record of the First Performance of the Plays of Maugham by Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson, 1955; A Bibliography of the Works of Maugham by Raymond Toole Scott, 1956, revised edition, 1973; Maugham: An Annotated Bibliography of Writings about Him by Charles Saunders, 1970; W. Somerset Maugham: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism, 1969-1995 by Troy James Bassett, 1996.
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), British playwright, novelist, and short story writer, earned the distinction of highest paid author of the 1930s. Orphaned at the age of ten and raised by an emotionally cold uncle, Maugham decided to become a doctor, bucking the trend of the men in his family practicing law.
William Somerset Maugham (n. 25 ianuarie 1874, Paris, Franța – d. 16 decembrie 1965, Nisa, Franța) a fost un dramaturg și prozator englez, a cărui operă s-a bucurat de notorietate internațională. Proza sa se caracterizează prin soliditatea construcției, observația ascuțită asupra mediilor și caracterelor, tonul de fină ironie.
W. Somerset Maugham: With Kim Kee Lim, Ken Nazarin, Ahmad Jamal, Eileen Atkins. An anthology series based on the varied stories by W. Somerset Maugham divided into three categories: "Rule Britannia" about colonial life, "Women of the World" which focus on female characters, and "Victims of Fate".
W. Somerset Maugham. Writer: Quartet. Popular British novelist, playwright, short-story writer and the highest-paid author in the world in the 1930s, Somerset Maugham graduated in 1897 from St. Thomas' Medical School and qualified as a doctor, but abandoned medicine after the success of his first novels and plays.
The Magician is a novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham, originally published in 1908. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a caricature of Aleister Crowley, attempts to create life. Crowley wrote a critique of this book under the pen name Oliver Haddo, in which he accused Maugham of plagiarism.
Jun 15, 2020 · W. Somerset Maugham (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) first claimed fame as a playwright and novelist, but he became best known in the 1920’s and 1930’s the world over as an international traveler and short-story writer.
