毛姆(William_Somerset_Maugham)英文ppt简介.56.pptVIP

William Somerset Maugham William Somerest Maugham  a famous British novelist ﹑ playwright and short story writer. (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) Notable Works quotes 1.It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it. 2.A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesnt want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing. 3. An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones. 4.We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits. MIOTT1 MIOTT2 MIOTT1 长 MIOTT1 MIOTT1 MIOTT1 MIOTT1 MIOTT1 MIOTT1 MIOTT1 MIOTT1 MIOTT1 He was born in the Embassy in Paris in January 25,1874 In 1897,he gave up his medical career and started his writing career. He engaged in intelligence work for England in world war one. In 1946,Maugham returned to France. His reputation as a novelist rests primarily on these books: Main Idea of the Text In this short story, Somerset Maugham, by describing two brothers’ attitudes toward life, examines the nature and inconsistent qualities of human beings. George was a hard-working and respectable man with a decent job as a lawyer. He was also a faithful husband and loving father to four daughters. He believed that the industry should be rewarded and giddiness punished. His brother Tom, however, was an unscrupulous and good-for-nothing scoundrel. He philandered with the prettiest girls, danced, ate in the most expensive restaurants, and dressed beautifully. He borrowed money from relatives and friends. At the beginning, he fooled George by making empty promises repeatedly. Later on he even went to such an extreme that he blackmailed his brother. Loading money to his brother, George appeared to be in Tom’s favor at the first sight. On a second thought, readers can find that George helped his brother only for his own sake. For instance, he gave Tom some money in order