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1、WilliamSomersetMaughamWilliamSomerestMaughamafamousBritishnovelist﹑playwrightandshortstorywriter.Hewasamongthemostpopularwritersofhiseraandreputedlythehighestpaidauthorduringthe1930s(25January1874–16December1965)BriefIntroductiontohislife1.ChildhoodBirth:Hisfatherwasalawyerwhohandledthele
2、galaffairsofBritishembassyinPairs,andMaughamwasbornthere.SinceFrenchlawdeclaredthatallchildrenbornonFrenchsoilcouldbeconscriptedformilitaryservice,hisfatherarrangedforMaughamtobebornattheembassy,technicallyonBritishsoil.2.orphanexperienceWhenhewas8yearsold,hismotherpassedaway,andattheageo
3、f10,hisfatheralsopassedaway.Andheinheritedparents'legarcywhichwas300poundseveryyear.TheearlydeathofhismotherleftMaughamtraumatized;hekepthismother'sphotographbyhisbedsidefortherestofhislife.Afterthat,MaughamwassenttoUKtoberaisedbyapaternaluncleandthemovewasdamaging,asHenryMaughamwascoldan
4、demotionallycruel3.schoollifeTheboyattendedTheKing'sSchool,Canterbury,whichwasalsodifficultforhim.HewasteasedforhisbadEnglish(Frenchhadbeenhisfirstlanguage)andhisshortstature,whichheinheritedfromhisfather.Maughamdevelopedastammerthatwouldstaywithhimallhislife,althoughitwassporadicandsubje
5、cttomoodandcircumstance.Miserablebothathisuncle'svicarageandatschool,theyoungMaughamdevelopedatalentformakingwoundingremarkstothosewhodispleasedhim.ThisabilityissometimesreflectedinMaugham'sliterarycharacters.4.University.Atsixteen,MaughamrefusedtocontinueatTheKing'sSchool.Hisuncleallowed
6、himtotraveltoGermany,wherehestudiedliterature,philosophyandGermanatHeidelbergUniversity.（HeidelbergUniversity）DuringhisyearinHeidelberg,MaughammetandhadasexualaffairwithJohnEllinghamBrooks,anEnglishmantenyearshissenior5.sexualaffairs6.MarriageandfamilyAlthoughMaugham'sfirstandmanyothersex
7、ualrelationshipswerewithmen,healsohadsexualrelationshipswithanumberofwomen.HehadanaffairwithSyrieWellcome,thewifeofHenryWellcome,theAmerican-bornEnglishpharmaceuticalmagnate.TheyhadadaughternamedMaryElizabethWellcome,(1915–1998).HenryWellcomesuedhiswifefordivorce,na
