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W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Born in Paris, he was orphaned as a boy and sent to live with an emotionally distant un...ver maisW. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Born in Paris, he was orphaned as a boy and sent to live with an emotionally distant uncle. He struggled to fit in as a student at The King’s School in Canterbury and demanded his uncle send him to Heidelberg University, where he studied philosophy and literature. In Germany, he had his first affair with an older man and embarked on a career as a professional writer. After completing his degree, Maugham moved to London to begin medical school. There, he published Liza of Lambeth (1897), his debut novel. Emboldened by its popular and critical success, he dropped his pursuit of medicine to devote himself entirely to literature. Over his 65-year career, he experimented in form and genre with such works as Lady Frederick (1907), a play, The Magician (1908), an occult novel, and Of Human Bondage (1915). The latter, an autobiographical novel, earned Maugham a reputation as one of the twentieth century’s leading authors, and continues to be recognized as his masterpiece. Although married to Syrie Wellcome, Maugham considered himself both bisexual and homosexual at different points in his life. During and after the First World War, he worked for the British Secret Intelligence Service as a spy in Switzerland and Russia, writing of his experiences in Ashenden: Or the British Agent (1927), a novel that would inspire Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. At one point the highest-paid author in the world, Maugham led a remarkably eventful life without sacrificing his literary talent.ver menos
Livros de W. Somerset Maugham
The Painted Veil The Casuarina Tree Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5The Moon and Sixpence Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5The Painted Veil Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5The W. Somerset Maugham Collection Nota: 0 de 5 estrelas0 notasThe Great Novels and Short Stories of Somerset Maugham Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5Theatre Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5The Moon and Sixpence Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5The Moon and Sixpence Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5Rain and Other South Sea Stories Nota: 0 de 5 estrelas0 notasAshenden Or the British Agent Nota: 0 de 5 estrelas0 notas
Audiobooks de W. Somerset Maugham
The Painted Veil Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5The Razor's Edge Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5Cakes and Ale Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5Of Human Bondage Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5The Moon and Sixpence Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5Liza of Lambeth Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas3/5The Narrow Corner Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas3/5The Moon and Sixpence Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas4/5Of Human Bondage Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas5/5The Magician (Unabridged) Nota: 0 de 5 estrelas0 notasThe Moon and Sixpence Nota: 0 de 5 estrelas0 notas
Audiolivros narrados
The Three Fat Women Of Antibes: Maugham Interview 1965 The Happy Couple Nota: 0 de 5 estrelas0 notas