“To kill a mockingbird” was written by American writer Harper Lee. The book is a magnificent‚ powerful novel. It received almost unanimous critical acclaim and several awards. The book is about Tom Robinson‚ a Negro‚ who was charged with raping a white girl. This particular abstract depicts the trial. Atticus Finch‚ an experienced lawyer‚ tried to prove the innocence of the Robison. But the jury announced a verdict that Robinson was guilty. The story was told on behalf of Jean Louise
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Mr. know all William Somerset Maugham was a British playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. Maugham’s style is clear-cut and elegant. The attitude of the novelist to his character seems mostly to be cynically sarcastic. A play upon contrasts and contradictions lies at the basis of Maugham’s sarcastic method in portraying his characters. The author often thought upon the problems of relationship
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The writer of ’The Luncheon’ William Somerset Maugham‚ in this short story‚relates about a lady who is an admirer of his stories. She wins the author’s favour and expresses her wish to meet him at a high class restaurant.William exposes the false motives of modest eating habits‚ of the middle classes with a touch of humour. Twenty years ago the author was living in Paris‚ when he had met a lady‚ who is an admirer of his stories. She had met him at a play and relates to him the incident during
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STYLISTIC ANALYSIS William Somerset Maugham «THE ESCAPE» William Somerset Maugham is one of the best known English writers of the 20th century. The trend he belongs to is realism with slight ifluence of expressionism. A novelist‚ a dramatist‚ and a short-story writer‚ he gained an outstanding reputation with his prominent books “Of Human Bondage”‚ “The Moon and Sixpence”‚ and “The Razor’s Edge”. The observer of the first decades of the 20th century‚ Maugham is deeply critical of the morals
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Mr. Know-All by W. Somerset Maugham This story deals with prejudice‚ hasty judgements and stereotypes. The story examines the relationships that develop when people are confined to a ship (which is a small sample of society) for an extended period of time. The writer criticizes the racial prejudices and snobbish attitude of the British people. He tries to show why people are disliked and prejudiced against and at the same time makes the reader look closely at the character of the narrator‚ who
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bondage": Somerset Maugham in China Zhang‚ Yanping; 张燕萍 Citation Issue Date URL Rights 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10722/133977 The author retains all proprietary rights‚ (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. “Of Human Bondage:” Somerset Maugham in China by Zhang Yanping （张燕萍） B.A. Fudan. February 2011 A thesis submitted for the Degree of Master of Philosophy at The University of Hong Kong Abstract of thesis entitled “‘Of Human Bondage:’ Somerset Maugham in China” Submitted
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William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)‚ English playwright and author wrote Of Human Bondage (1915); William Somerset Maugham was born on 25 December 1874 at the British Embassy in Paris‚ France‚ the fourth son (of seven children total‚ but only four that survived infancy) born to socialite and writer Edith Mary née Snell (1840-1882) and Robert Ormond Maugham (1823-1884)‚ a lawyer for the British Embassy. Living in the suburbs of Paris‚ Williams’ older brothers Charles‚ Frederick‚ and Henry already
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First of all I want to begin with the narrative perspective. In the short story “Mr. Know-All” by William Somerset Maugham there is a first person narrator‚ who takes an active part in the story. He is a very important character. It is not easy to tell whether he is a minor or a major character. On the one hand he is a major character because the way he presents Mr. Kelada influences the reader a lot. On the other hand he is just a minor character because he is only the presenter of Mr. Kelada. The
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Российский университет дружбы народов Институт иностранных языков Направление: лингвистика Stylistic analysis of Chapter II The Postumous papers of the Pickwick club Charles Dickens. Булатовой Анасиасии‚ 402ЛД Москва 2009 The passage is an extract from Dickens’ novel “The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club” from the chapter II which originally
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