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1、毛姆英文版简介BriefintroductiontoMaugham’slifeAnEnglishwriterconsideredtobeoneofthebestwritersofshortstoriesintheEnglishlanguage.HealsowroteplaysandnovelsincludingOfHumanBondageandCakesandAle.Hispopularityliesinthefactthatbyearly1930's,hehadbecomethehighestpaidauthorofhisera...Maughamwasorphanedattheage
2、of10。HewasbroughtbyhisuncleandEducatedatKing’sSchool,Canterbury.AfterayearatHeidelberg,heenteredSt.Thomas’medicalschool,London,andqualifiedasadoctorin1897.Hedrewuponhisexperiencesasanobstetricianinhisfirstnovel,LizaofLambeth(1897),anditssuccess,thoughsmall,encouragedhimtoabandonmedicine.Hetravele
3、dinSpainandItalyandin1908achievedatheatricaltriumph---fourplaysrunninginLondonatonce---thatbroughthimfinancialsecurity.DuringWorldWarІheworkedasasecretagent,AfterthewarheResumedhisinterruptedtravelsand,in1928,boughtavillaonCapeFerratInthesouthofFrance,whichbecamehispermanenthome.Hishomosexualityh
4、adbecomeknowntoeveryoneandhewasoftendraggedintocontroversiesfortohissexualorientation.Nonetheless,healsohadaffairswithmanywomenamongwhichthemostenduringwaswithSyrieWellcome,wifeofAmerican-bornEnglishmanHenryWellcome.hsiromancewithSyrieresultedinadaughterLizaandSyrie'sdivorcewithhishusbandHenry.In
5、May1917,MaughammarriedSyrieacceptingLizaashisdaughter.ThemarriagebecamestrainedduetohiscontemptuousrelationshipwithHaxtonandtheydivorcedaround1927.Timeline: 1874-Maughamwasbornon25January. 1905-OfHumanBondage,anothernovelwrittenduringthisperiod,appeared. 1916-MaughamembarkeduponwritingTheMoonandS
6、ixpence. 1917-MaughammarriedSyrie. 1922-Maughamproducedabookof58shortstorysketches. 1927-Maugham'splayTheLetter,wasperformedinLondon. 1944-TheRazor'sEdgewaspublished. 1962-MaughamfelloutwithhisdaughterLiza. 1962-HewrotehismemoirLookingBack. 1965-W.SomersetMaughamdiedon16December. 1998-Hisdaughter
7、Lizadied.NotableWorksHisreputationasanovelistrestsprimarilyonfourbooks♪OfHumanBondage(1915)♪TheMoonandSixpences(1919)♪CakesandAle(1930)♪TheRazor’sEdge(1944)It’sworthreadingMaugham’sbooks,whichmustbenefitus.That’sallTha
