The Analysis of the text “Escape” by S.Maugham. Somerset Maugham was born on 25th of April‚ 1874 and died on 16th of December in 1965. He was an English playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. Somerset Maugham has written 24 plays‚ 19 novels and a large number of short stories. In 1897 appeared his first novel “Liza of Lambeth” which drew on his experience of attending women in childbirth. Maugham’s breakthrough novel was the semi-autobiographical “Of Human Bondage”‚ which is usually considered
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William Somerset Maugham. The Unconquered. William Somerset Maugham is a British playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and the highest paid author during the 1930s. By 1940‚ when the collapse of France and its occupation by the German Third Reich forced Maugham to leave the French Riviera‚ he was a refugee – but one of the wealthiest and most famous writers in the English-speaking world. May be that is why in 1943 he wrote a short story called
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Samarra” by English novelist W. Somerset Maugham‚ often have a clearly stated or interpreted moral‚ while short stories like “A Pair of Tickets”‚ by Chinese-American author Amy Tan‚ tell a tale that leaves readers thinking. Fables are stories that are direct‚ use unrealistic characters such as animals and objects with human characteristics‚ and are written with the ultimate goal of a presenting the reader with a moral. While not clearly stated by Maugham‚ readers as can easily interpret the moral
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I’m going to analyze a novel “The Happy Man” by Somerset Maugham‚ a well-known English novelist‚ short-story writer‚ playwright and essayist. William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris‚ educated at King’s school in Canterbury and studied to be a doctor at St. Thomas Hospital in England. He was one of the best known writers of his time as hi was master of short stories. The story starts with the narrator thinking and telling the reader about his attitude to giving advice to somebody. He thinks it
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This extract from “The Moon and Sixpence” by W. Somerset Maugham is written by vivid‚ ironic language. It is about a poor artist‚ whose paintings were considered by contemporaries absurd. And they were much surprised when dealers from Paris and Berlin began to offer for them the huge sums. Strickland didn’t make impression on people‚ for islanders he was just a “beach-comber”‚ differing from others only that he drew strange pictures. It is impossible to tell that he formed relationships with people
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grasshopper cannot find food to survive the hard winter. Whereas‚ the ant is well prepared and has no worries about the upcoming winter. The grasshopper begs the ant for food but the ant refuses to help him. In his modern adaptation‚ W. Somerset Maugham provides us with a setting of two brothers. While the older brother‚ George‚ is hard working and saving money for his retirement. The younger brother‚ Tom‚ is enjoying himself and his life. Tom has no permanent job or relationship. Even though‚ he
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passengers and the narrator and he helps them. He does all those things to prove that although he comes from a British colony‚ he isn’t a second class citizen. After all‚ someone who is inferior can’t be so smart and friendly as he is. Somerset Maugham was an early nineteenth century British writer. His works often reflected the widespread prejudiced and racist views held by the British colonists‚ prevalent during the period in which he wrote.” Make a connection between the quote and the poem
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The “Escape” Unit 2 Summary The text under consideration is the short story “The Escape” written by a famous English writer Somerset Maugham. The story deals with the author’s speculation of the question of marriages‚ especially the possibility of men to escape it. There is no exposition‚ therefore we can only guess by the contents where and when the settings set on. At the beginning of the text the author expresses his conviction that only an instant flight can save a man from a woman‚ if she
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"A String of Beads" is a short story written by W.Somerset Maugham in 1943. William Somerset Maugham is the world-famous novelist. He`s universally acknowledged as a short-story writer. His fame in this realm began with the book of short stories entitled “the Trembling of the Leaf” (1921) and continued with increasing momentum. His skill in creating vivid and original human characters is combined with beauty and refinement of language and style.It is actually a rather satirical story. The story
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written by William Somerset Maugham‚ an English writer. He achieved a great success as a novelist with such novels as “Of Human Bondage”‚ “The Razor’s Edge” and others‚ as a dramatist‚ but he is best known by his short stories. His novels and short stories are characterized by great narrative facility‚ simplicity of style‚ and ironic point of view. Maugham says that a writer can’t change life‚ he must only try to amuse his reader‚ stir his imagination. And this is where Maugham achieves perfection: his
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