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Naissance. William Somerset Maugham naît à Paris en 1874, quatrième fils de parents britanniques vivant en France et qui avaient organisé la naissance de leur enfant pour qu’elle ait lieu à l’ambassade britannique, de telle façon que – si ce n’est pour la géographie, du moins pour la loi – il soit né au Royaume-Uni, ce qui par ailleurs lui permettrait de ne pas être soumis ...
W. Somerset Maugham - O Fio da Navalha, Depois de participar da Primeira Guerra Mundial, o jovem Larry Darrell retorna para sua confortável vida em Chicago. Porém, abalado pela dura e sangrenta experiência da guerra, ele deseja algo além de um bom emprego, de uma bela noiva, de alguns amigos influentes e do vácuo espiritual do seu meio.
The Magician. (Maugham novel) The Magician is a novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham, originally published in 1908. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a caricature of Aleister Crowley, attempts to create life. Crowley wrote a critique of this book under the pen name Oliver Haddo, in which he accused Maugham of plagiarism.
24 de abr. de 2023 · And both totally deceived the public as to their true intentions. When Maugham wrote that “the aim of the drama is not to instruct but to delight” he not only created a ludicrously false ...
27 de jun. de 2018 · Maugham, (William) Somerset (1874–1965) British novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist, b. France. He achieved fame initially as a dramatist with plays such as Lady Frederick (1912) and The Circle (1921). Maugham's first successful novel was the semi-autobiographical Of Human Bondage (1915). Other novels include The Moon and Sixpence ...
W. Somerset Maugham - Férias de Natal, William Somerset Maugham narra a primeira viagem a Paris do jovem inglês Charley Mason, o personagem principal, sem a companhia de familiares, na época do Natal. O prêmio, oferecido por seu pai, é resultado da escolha de Charley, que troca suas pretensões artísticas pela promessa de vir a substituí-lo no cargo que ocupa na empresa da família.
Of Human Bondage is a 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The novel is generally agreed to be Maugham's masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although he stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography; though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention." [1] Maugham, who had originally planned to call his novel ...
