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　　An instinctive and magnificent storyteller, Somerset Maugham

was one of the most popular and successful writers of his time. He

published seventy-eight books -- including the undisputed classics

Of Human Bondage and The Razor’s Edge -- which sold over 40 million

copies in his lifetime.

Born in Paris to sophisticated parents, Willie Maugham was

orphaned at the age of ten and brought up in a small English

coastal town by narrow-minded relatives. He was trained as a

doctor, but never practiced medicine. His novel Ashenden, based on

his own espionage for Britain in World War I, influenced writers

from Eric Ambler to John le Carr?. After a failed affair with an

actress, he married another man’s mistress, but reserved his

greatest love for a man who shared his life for nearly thirty

years. He traveled the world and spoke several languages. Despite a

debilitating stutter, and an acerbic and formal manner, he

entertained literary celebrities and royalty at his villa in the

south of France. He made a fortune from his writing--the short

story “Rain” alone earned him a million dollars–yet true critical

recognition, and the esteem of his literary peers, eluded him. The

life of Somerset Maugham, as told by acclaimed biographer Jeffrey

Meyers, is an intriguing, glamorous, complex, and extraordinary

account of one of the twentieth century’s most enduring

writers.

Last of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

preface

Paris and King's School，1874—1889

Heidelberg and Medidne，1890—1897

La'Za of Lambeth and Spain，1897—1 899

Struggling Author，1900—1904 

Bohemia and Fame，1905—1908

SueJones and Syrie；I909—1915

The Great War and Gerald Haxton，1914—1916

Secret agent，1916-1919  

Malaya and China，1919—1921

DangerousJourneys，Dangerous Friends，1921—1925

Villa Mauresque，1926—1 928

“Stately Homo　1928-1929

Reputations：Cakes andAk,1930—1933

India and Eternal Youth，1934—1938

War Propaganda and HoUywood，1939—1941

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　　“Meyers’s portrait of the long-lived Maugham and his

tumultuous time is both nuanced and concise, a biography without a

wasted word.” —The Washington Post Book World

  　“Excellent. . . . [W]ell-written, entertaining, and of

admirable brevity. . . . Meyers paints a convincing picture of the

development of [Maugham’s] complex character.” --The New

Criterion

  　“Maugham is the perfect subject for a biography. . . .

Meyers knows how to select his details . . . and arrange them into

a well-paced narrative.” --The Philadelphia Inquirer

  　“Meyers . . . mounts a persuasive defense of Maugham’s art,

keenly mapping his influence on V.S. Naipaul, George Orwell, and

Paul Theroux.” —The New Yorker

书籍介绍

An instinctive and magnificent storyteller, Somerset Maugham was one of the most popular and successful writers of his time. He published seventy-eight books -- including the undisputed classics Of Human Bondage and The Razor’s Edge -- which sold over 40 million copies in his lifetime.

Born in Paris to sophisticated parents, Willie Maugham was orphaned at the age of ten and brought up in a small English coastal town by narrow-minded relatives. He was trained as a doctor, but never practiced medicine. His novel Ashenden , based on his own espionage for Britain in World War I, influenced writers from Eric Ambler to John le Carr?. After a failed affair with an actress, he married another man’s mistress, but reserved his greatest love for a man who shared his life for nearly thirty years. He traveled the world and spoke several languages. Despite a debilitating stutter, and an acerbic and formal manner, he entertained literary celebrities and royalty at his villa in the south of France. He made a fortune from his writing--the short story “Rain” alone earned him a million dollars–yet true critical recognition, and the esteem of his literary peers, eluded him. The life of Somerset Maugham, as told by acclaimed biographer Jeffrey Meyers, is an intriguing, glamorous, complex, and extraordinary account of one of the twentieth century’s most enduring writers.