Unit 3 On reading.ppt

Unit 3On Reading W. Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham (/m??m/), (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English 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. In spite of his popularity and international fame, Maugham did not receive critical attention for his fiction in Britain. Expressing his frustration with the situation Maugham wrote in his autobiography THE SUMMING UP (1938), that he stood in the very first row of the second-raters. Maugham First Editions NovelsLiza of Lambeth. Unwin, 1897.the Making of a Saint. Page, 1898.The Hero. Hutchinson, 1901.Mrs. Craddock. Heinemann, 1902.The Merry-Go-Round. Heinemann, 1904.the Bishops Apron. Chapman and Hall, 1906.The Explorer. Heinemann, 1908.The Magician. Heinemann, 1908.Of Human Bondage. Doran, 1915.The Moon and Sixpence. Heinemann, 1919.the Painted Veil. Doran, 1925.Cakes and Ale. Heinemann, 1930.The Narrow Corner. Heinemann, 1932.Theatre. Doubleday, 1937.Christmas Holiday. Heinemann, 1939.Up at the Villa. Doubleday, 1941.The Hour Before the Dawn. Doubleday, 1942.The Razors Edge. Doubleday, 1944.Then and Now. Heinemann, 1946.Catalina. Heinemann, 1948. Short Story CollectionsOrientations. Unwin, 1899.The Trembling of a Leaf. Doran, 1921.The Casuarina Tree. Heinemann, 1926.Ashenden. Heinemann, 1928.Six Stories Written in the First PersonSingular. Doubleday, 1931.Ah King. Heinemann, 1933.Cosmopolitans. Doubleday, 1936.The Mixture as Before. Doubleday, 1940.Creatures of Circumstance. Heinemann, 1947.Quartet. Heinemann, 1948.Trio. Heinemann, 1950.Encore. Heinemann, 1952. PlaysA Man of Honour. Chapman and Hall, 1903.Lady Frederick. Heinemann, 1912.Jack Straw. Heinemann, 1912.Mrs. Dot. Heinemann, 1912.Penelope. Heinemann, 1912.The Explorer. Heinemann, 1912.The Tenth Man. Heinemann, 1913.Landed Gentry. Heinemann, 1913.Smith. Heinemann, 1913.The Land of Promise