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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Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham An Electronic Classics Series Publication Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham is a publication of The Electronic Classics Series. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file‚ for any purpose‚ and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis‚ Editor‚ nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes
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In "Mabel" Somerset Maugham describes the pursuit of her fiance‚ by a young woman all over the Far East and marries him after a seven year engagement. Maugham met George in a club in Mandalay‚ while waiting for the secretary of the club. George was a tall‚ thin‚ sun-burnt man with a big moustache. he was clad in Khaki dress. There was something unusual about him. The secretary of teh club narrated the story of George and his wife‚ Mabel. George became engaged to Mabel. When he was home on
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against calamity." Ralph Waldo Emerson • "There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them." Joseph Brodsky • "To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life." W Somerset Maugham • "Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself‚ to multiply the ways in which he exists‚ to make his life full‚ significant‚ and interesting." Aldous Huxley • "Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You
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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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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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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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In his foreword of Of Human Bondage‚ William Somerset Maugham narrated how the novel came to be. He explained that one day he was assaulted by the memories of his past. He grew restless and he knew he had to do something about it. And he just thought that the only way to be free from the past was to write it. He quit the theatre for two years and put the story that would not let him rest on paper. He wrote about Philip Carey‚ a club-foot boy that was orphaned at the early age of nine. He stated that
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The Vendetta Guy de Maupassant was born in France in 1850.Maupassant developed to be one of the most famous short story writers of all time. In the short story ’A Vendetta’ the title is a glimpse into the plotnof the story‚ telling us that that there is a vendetta involved but doesn’t reveal the nature of the vendetta and its aims. There are 3 main characters in the story‚ they are‚ Widow Saverini‚ Frisky the dog‚ and Nicolas Ravolati. The story is about‚ an assassin Nicolas Ravolati kills Widow Saverini’s
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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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