The story “The Man with the Scar” I would like to speak about is written by W. Somerset Maugham who is one of the most popular and widely read English writers. He wrote novels‚ short stories‚ plays and most of them had a great commercial success. W. Somerset Maugham traveled a lot during his life‚ he met different people‚ saw their lives so he gained a lot from his trips. Sometimes Maugham’s stories were thinly disguised episodes involving his host or others he had met on his travels-circumstances
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ANALYSYS OF “THE HAPPY MAN” 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 he was master of short stories. The story starts with the narrator thinking and telling the reader about his attitude to giving advice
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Of Human Bondage by William Somerset Maugham The Women in Philip ’s life In the novel Of Human Bondage‚ the main character‚ Philip Carey‚ has a myriad of people whom are very influential in his life. William Somerset Maugham portrays Philip as having three women in his life that are of great importance to Philip ’s character. These three women are Mildred Rogers‚ Norah Nesbit‚ and Sally Athelny. Mildred is a negative influence on Philip whereas the other two women serve as positive influences in
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Новое в зарубежной лингвистике‚ вып. 17. М.: Прогресс‚ 1986. 12. Cynthia Voigt‚ “Homecoming”‚ New York‚ 1981. 13. Ellen Schwamm‚ “How he saved her”‚ New York‚ 1983. 14. Jane Austen‚ “Persuasion”‚ Bantam Books‚ New York‚ 1984. 15. W. Somerset Maugham‚ “The Moon and Sixpence”‚ Raduga‚ M.‚ 1984. 16. Daphne du Maurier‚ “Rebecca”‚ Cornwell‚ (England:country)‚ 1990.
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would you be now if you had been able to?...a little smile on his still aristocratic features. ‘I’d be a verger of St. Peter’s Neville Square. “ (Last paragraph) | structure | Structure- The structure of the short story is extremely interesting. Maugham the author‚ did an excellent job of repetition when the verger‚ Albert‚ told a different person about his inability to read and write.
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subject-matter there can be no implied repeal. If‚ in a subsequent Act‚ Parliament chooses to make it plain that the earlier statute is being to some extent repealed‚ effect must be given to that intention just because it is the will of the legislature.” (per Maugham LJ in Ellen Street Estates Ltd v Minister of Health [1934]). "We should recognise a hierarchy of Acts of Parliament: as it were ’ordinary’ statutes and ’constitutional’ statutes. [...] Ordinary statutes may be impliedly repealed. Constitutional statutes
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The text I’m going to analyse represents a short-story‚ entitled "THE LUNCHEON"‚ written by a prominent‚ English novelist‚ short-story writer‚ playwright and essayist Somerset Maugham. First of all I’d like to say some words about the title of the text "The Luncheon". The title of the text is rather ironical. If we consult a dictionary‚ we can find out that the word "luncheon" means a "light snack"‚ but as we can see hereinafter a light snack turns to be an abundant and expensive meal. The text
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achievements‚ is what makes this book stand out in a crowd. Dahl’s exceptional sentence style and word choice advises the reader for the duration of the book. However‚ these writing strategies are not the only ways that shape the novel. William Somerset Maugham once stated‚ “There are three rules to writing a good book. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.” While this may be true‚ there are three evident rules that are modeled in Dahl’s autobiography. Being extremely descriptive‚ breathtaking moments
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Mr. Know-All W. Somerset Maugham The title. The title is very sarcastic; someone who thinks they know everything. Someone who is a show off The writer British writer‚ he writes English criticism The story set on a ship after world war 1.- The British gvmnt building the empire the colonized much of asia and Africa. They gave people from these countries a passport. We can infer the main subjects would be criticism of prejudice\ racism because of the title and who is the writer Social
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The Painted Veil is a 1925 novel from British author W. Somerset Maugham. A lost girl named Kitty marries a guy named Walter Fane‚ a bacteriologist. The only reason that she marries him is so she can be married before her little sister Doris. She also had to get away from her mom. She moves to Hong Kong with her husband‚ and quickly gets bored. Kitty meets a guy named Charles Townsend who is the colonial secretary’s assistant. They start having an affair with each other. Her husband Walter finds
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