文档介绍：William Somerset Maugham
Born 25 January 1874
Died
16 December 1965 (aged 91)
Occupation
Playwright
novelist
short story writer
Childhood and education
After losing both his parents by the age of 10, Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to e a lawyer like other men in his family, Maugham eventually trained and qualified as a doctor. The first run of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897), sold out so rapidly that Maugham gave up medicine to write full-time.
Career
Studied medicine
Second book, Liza of Lambeth
The Magician
Aleister Crowley
Vanity Fair
1914–39
By 1914, Maugham was famous, with 10 plays produced and 10 novels published
Early works
Popular ess
Main
works
面纱/The Painted Veil
兰贝斯的丽莎/ Liza of Lambeth
人性的枷锁/ Of Human Bondage
月亮和六便士/ The Moon and Sixpence
刀锋/ The Razor's Edge
魔术师/ The magician
Works by W. Somerset Maugham
Bibliography
Novels
Liza of Lambeth (1897) The Making of a Saint (1898) Orientations (1899) The Hero (1901) Mrs Craddock (1902) The Merry-go-round (1904) The Bishop's Apron (1906) The Explorer (1908) The Magician (1908) Of Human Bondage (1915) The Moon and Sixpence (1919) The Trembling of a Leaf (1921) On A Chinese Screen (1922) The Painted Veil (1925) The Casuarina Tree (1926) Ashenden (1928) Cakes and Ale (1930) The Narrow Corner (1932) Ah King (1933) Don Fernando (1935) Theatre (1937) The Su