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1、毛姆(William-Somerset-Maugham)英文ppt简介BriefIntroductiontohislife1.ChildhoodBirth:HisfatherwasalawyerwhohandledthelegalaffairsofBritishembassyinPairs,andMaughamwasbornthere.SinceFrenchlawdeclaredthatallchildrenbornonFrenchsoilcouldbeconscriptedformilitaryservice,hisfatherarrangedforMaughamtobebo
2、rnattheembassy,technicallyonBritishsoil.2.orphanexperienceWhenhewas8yearsold,hismotherpassedaway,andattheageof10,hisfatheralsopassedaway.Andheinheritedparents'legarcywhichwas300poundseveryyear.TheearlydeathofhismotherleftMaughamtraumatized;hekepthismother'sphotographbyhisbedsidefortherestofh
3、islife.Afterthat,MaughamwassenttoUKtoberaisedbyapaternaluncleandthemovewasdamaging,asHenryMaughamwascoldandemotionallycruel3.schoollifeTheboyattendedTheKing'sSchool,Canterbury,whichwasalsodifficultforhim.HewasteasedforhisbadEnglish(Frenchhadbeenhisfirstlanguage)andhisshortstature,whichheinhe
4、ritedfromhisfather.Maughamdevelopedastammerthatwouldstaywithhimallhislife,althoughitwassporadicandsubjecttomoodandcircumstance.Miserablebothathisuncle'svicarageandatschool,theyoungMaughamdevelopedatalentformakingwoundingremarkstothosewhodispleasedhim.ThisabilityissometimesreflectedinMaugham'
5、sliterarycharacters.4.University.Atsixteen,MaughamrefusedtocontinueatTheKing'sSchool.HisuncleallowedhimtotraveltoGermany,wherehestudiedliterature,philosophyandGermanatHeidelbergUniversity.（HeidelbergUniversity）DuringhisyearinHeidelberg,MaughammetandhadasexualaffairwithJohnEllinghamBrooks,anE
6、nglishmantenyearshissenior5.sexualaffairs6.MarriageandfamilyAlthoughMaugham'sfirstandmanyothersexualrelationshipswerewithmen,healsohadsexualrelationshipswithanumberofwomen.HehadanaffairwithSyrieWellcome,thewifeofHenryWellcome,theAmerican-bornEnglishpharmaceuticalmagnate.Theyhadadaughternamed
7、MaryElizabethWellcome,(1915–1998).HenryWellcomesuedhiswifefordivorce,namingMaughamasco-respondent.InMay1917,followingthedecreeabsolute,SyrieWellcomeandMaughamweremarried.SyrieMaughambecameanotedinteriordecoratorwhointhe1920spopularized"theall-white
