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SomersetMaugham,afamousBritishnovelistplaywrightandshortstorywriter.（25January187416December1965）,section1,BriefIntroductionofhislife,Childhood,8yearsoldhismomdied,twoyearslaterhisfatherdied.MaughamwassenttotheUKtobecaredforbyhisuncle,HenryMacDonaldMaugham.hisuncleprovedcoldandemotionallycruel,hisnewschoolwasalsodifficultforhim.HewasteasedforhisbadEnglish（Frenchhadbeenhisfirstlanguage）andhisshortstature,whichheinheritedfromhisfather.,Childhood,Miserablebothathisunclesvicarageandatschool,theyoungMaughamdevelopedatalentformakingwoundingremarkstothosewhodispleasedhim.ThisabilityissometimesreflectedinMaughamsliterarycharacters.,Career,Maughamsfatherandthreeolderbrotherswerealldistinguishedlawyers,butMaughamaskedtobeexcusedfromthedutyoffollowingintheirfootsteps.Maughamhadbeenwritingsteadilysincetheageof15andferventlywishedtobecomeanauthor，butlaterhestudiedmedicineatthemedicalschool，meetingpeopleofalowsortwhomhewouldneverhavemetotherwise,andseeingthematatimeofheightenedanxietyandmeaningintheirlives.,Career,In1897,hepublishedhisfirstnovel,LizaofLambeth,ataleofworking-classadulteryanditsconsequences.LizaofLambethsfirstprintrunsoldoutinamatterofweeks.Maugham,whohadqualifiedasamedic,droppedmedicineandembarkedonhis65-yearcareerasamanofletters.Helatersaid,Itooktoitasaducktakestowater.,Marriage,DuringhisyearinHeidelbergMaughammetandhadasexualaffairwithJohnEllinghamBrooks,anEnglishmantenyearshissenior.Althoughhomosexual,MaughamenteredintoarelationshipwithSyrieWellcome,anAmerican-bornEnglishpharmaceuticalmagnate.HenryWellcomesuedhiswifefordivorce,namingMaughamasco-respondent.Themarriagewasunhappy,andSyriedivorcedhimin1929,findinghisrelationshipandtravelswithHaxtontoodifficulttolivewith.,Marriage,Maughamslovelifewasalmostneversmooth.Heonceconfessed:

@#@IhavemostlovedpeoplewhocaredlittleornothingformeandwhenpeoplehavelovedmeIhavebeenembarrassed.Inordernottohurttheirfeelings,IhaveoftenactedapassionIdidnotfeel.,Section2,Worksandwritingstyle,drama,Longnovel,NotableWorks,Hisreputationasanovelistrestsprimarilyonthesebooks:

@#@,LizaofLambeth（1897）wasW.SomersetMaughamsfirstnovel,whichhewrotewhileworkingasadoctoratahospitalinLambeth.ItdepictstheshortlifeanddeathofLizaKemp,an18-year-oldfactoryworkerwholivestogetherwithheragingmotherinthefictionalVereStreet.Allinall,itgivesthereaderaninterestinginsightintotheeverydaylivesofworkingclassLondonersattheendofthenineteenthcentury.,Inclassicguide,Maughamintroducesanddiscusseswhatheconsiderstobethetengreatestnovelsandtheirauthors.Herearesomeoftheformulaeofgreatnessinthegenre.Maughamschoicelist:

@#@,FieldingsTomJones;@#@汤姆琼斯（亨利菲尔丁）DickenssDavidCopperfield;@#@大卫科波菲尔（查尔斯狄更斯）FlaubertsMadameBovary;@#@包法利夫人（福楼拜）BalzacsOldManGoriot;@#@高老头（巴尔扎克）EmilyBrontesWutheringHeights,呼啸山庄（艾蜜莉勃朗特）DostoevskysTheBrothersKaramazov;@#@卡拉马佐夫兄弟（陀思妥耶夫斯基）StendhalsTheRedandtheBlack;@#@红与黑（斯汤达尔）AustensPrideandPrejudice;@#@傲慢与偏见（珍奥斯汀）MelvillesMobyDick;@#@白鲸记（赫尔曼梅尔维尔）TolstoysWarandPeace.战争与和平（托尔斯泰）,HisWritingStyle,MaughamwasinfluencedbythepublishedjournalsoftheFrenchwriterJulesRenard,IbsenandhiscomedieswasinfluencedbyOscarWildealot.Maughamhadenjoyedfortheirconscientiousness,wisdomandwit.Healwaysholdcalm,aloofevenparticularattitudeswithsomesatireandmercytoobservelifeinalmostallhisworks.,HisWritingStyle,Hisworksaremianlyaboutfamily,loveandthetwistsinmarriage.Hedescribedthesituationsandcustomsintheupperclassandexpressedthedoubtsaboutthesocietymorality.Hisworksaremoresatiricthanhumourous.,section3,Influence,In1947MaughaminstitutedtheSomersetMaughamAward,awardedtothebestBritishwriterorwritersundertheageofthirty-fiveforaworkoffictionpublishedinthepastyear.NotablewinnersincludeV.S.Naipaul,KingsleyAmis,MartinAmisandThomGunn.Onhisdeath,MaughamdonatedhisroyaltiestotheRoyalLiteraryFund.,Otherwritersacknowledgedhiswork.AnthonyBurgess,whoincludedacomplexfictionalportraitofMaughaminthenovelEarthlyPowers,praisedhisinfluence.IanFlemingnotedthathewrotetheshortstoryQuantumofSolaceasanhomagetoMaughamswritingstyle.GeorgeOrwellsaidthatMaughamwasthemodernwriterwhohasinfluencedmethemost,whomIadmireimmenselyforhispoweroftellingastorystraightforwardlyandwithoutfrills.,此课件下载可自行编辑修改，供参考！

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