作家毛姆生平英文.ppt

YOUR COMPANY NAME | LONG AND INTERESTING PRESENTATION TITLE | VERSION NO. XX | 06/06/2012 YOUR COMPANY NAME | LONG AND INTERESTING PRESENTATION TITLE | VERSION NO. XX | 06/06/2012 Somerset Maugham a famous British novelist ﹑ playwright and short story writer. (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) section 1 Brief Introduction of his life Childhood 8 years old his mom died ,two years later his father died.Maugham was sent to the UK to be cared for by his uncle, Henry MacDonald Maugham..his uncle proved cold and emotionally cruel,?his new school was also difficult for him. He was teased for his bad English (French had been his first language) and his short stature, which he inherited from his father. Childhood Miserable both at his uncles vicarage and at school, the young Maugham developed a talent for making wounding remarks to those who displeased him. This ability is sometimes reflected in Maughams literary characters. Career Maughams father and three older brothers were all distinguished lawyers, but Maugham asked to be excused from the duty of following in their footsteps.Maugham had been writing steadily since the age of 15 and fervently wished to become an author，but later he studied medicine at the medical school ，meeting people of a low sort whom he would never have met otherwise, and seeing them at a time of heightened anxiety and meaning in their lives. Career In 1897, he published his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, a tale of working-class adultery and its consequences.Liza of Lambeths first print run sold out in a matter of weeks. Maugham, who had qualified as a medic, dropped medicine and embarked on his 65-year career as a man of letters. He later said, I took to it as a duck takes to water. Marriage During his year in Heidelberg Maugham met and had a sexual affair with John Ellingham Brooks, an Englishman ten years his senior. Although homosexual, Maugham entered into a relationship with Syrie Wellcome, an American-born English pharmaceut