1. W. Somerset Maugham Quotes from W. Somerset Maugham to inspire your creative thinking http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/maugham.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback W(illiam) Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) British novelist, playwright, short-story writer, highest paid author in the world in the 1930s. Despite his popularity, Maugham did not gain serious recognition. This was expressed in his autobiography THE SUMMING UP (1938), that he stood 'in the very first row of the second-raters'. Maugham's skill in handling plot has been compared by critics in the manner of Guy de Maupassant . In many novels the surroundings are international and the stories are told in clear, economical style with cynical or resigned undertone. "I have never pretended to be anything but a story teller. It has amused me to tell stories and I have told a great many. It is a misfortune for me that the telling of a story just for the sake of the story is not an activity that is in favor with the intelligentsia. In endeavor to bear my misfortunes with fortitude." (from Creatures of Circumstance W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris as the sixth and youngest son of the solicitor to the British embassy. He learned French as his native tongue. At the age of 10 Maugham was orphaned and sent to England to live with his uncle, the vicar of Whitstable. Educated at King's School, Canterbury, and Heidelberg University, Maugham then studied six years medicine in London. He qualified in 1897 as doctor from St. Thomas' medical school but abandoned medicine after the success of his first novels and plays.

2. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) Quotes W. Somerset Maugham Quotes. It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it. http://www.phnet.fi/public/mamaa1/maugham.htm

W. Somerset Maugham Quotes It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it. The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones. People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it. Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. It's a funny think about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. Only a mediocre person is always at his best. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel. Love is only the dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. It wasn't until quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say 'I don't know'. There is only one thing about which I am certain, and that is there is very little about which one can be certain.

3. WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM Quotations by Author W. Somerset Maugham (1874 1965). Showing quotations 1 to 10 of 34 quotations in our collections http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/zennun/maugham_bio.html

William Somerset Maugham PRESENTED BY UPAKA THE ASCETIC Somerset Maugham lived a long time; almost one hundred years. He was young in Queen Victoria's England, when the sun never set on the British Empire, Europe was the center of the civilized world, and the horse drawn carriage was the preferred mode of transportation. He lived to see the collapse of the great colonial empires, the rise of America, and to fly in an airplane. He seems to have taken it all in with his usual phlegmatic demeanor. William Somerset Maugham by Edouard MacAvoy W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris as the sixth and youngest son of the solicitor to the British embassy. He learned French as his native tongue. At the age of 10 Maugham was orphaned and sent to England to live with his uncle, the vicar of Whitestable Educated at King's School, Canterbury, and Heidelberg University in Germany, Maugham then studied six years medicine in London. He qualified in 1897 as a doctor from St. Thomas' medical school. He abandoned medicine after the success of his first novels and plays but he studied the craft of writing as assiduously as he had medicine, often writing out passages of other novelists. He never owned a typewriter but wrote everything by hand. He eventually developed a habit of writing four hours each morning.

4. PROJECT GUTENBERG - Catalog By Author - Maugham, W. Somerset [ Etexts by Author Maugham, W. Somerset William Somerset, 18741965 M Index Main Index Moon and Sixpence LANGUAGE English http://www.informika.ru/text/books/gutenb/gutind/TEMP/maugham_w_somerset_william

5. FINDING AID NAME LIST H.Correspondence Matthews, James Newton, 18521910Correspondence Matthews, WCCorrespondenceMaugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965 Maugham, W http://memory.loc.gov/faid/faidname017.html

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6. Daily Celebrations ~ W. Somerset Maugham, Funny Thing About Life ~ November 23 W(illiam) Somerset Maugham (18741965) British novelist William SomersetMaugham (1874-1965) created tales of suspense and irony. http://www.dailycelebrations.com/112301.htm

November 23 ~ Funny Thing About Life Site Directory Welcome Themes Today's Celebration ... Heart Behind the Hero Search Site: "It is a f u n n y thing about life; if you re f u s e to accept anything but the best you very o f t e n get it." ~ W. Somerset Maugham British novelist William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) created tales of suspense and irony. With over 20 novels, 25 plays, and 100 short stories, he celebrated the best in storytelling and creativity " Imagination grows by exercise," he said. "Contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young." Orphaned at age 10, Maugham was a shy child who spoke with a stutter and used his lonely childhood experiences to create stories with first-person narration. With precision, he wrote his first novel during his final year in medical school. "To write simply is as difficult as to be good," he said. "There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." His most famous achievements were the largely autobiographical novel Of Human Bondage (1915) and artist Paul Gauguin's story in Moon and Sixpence (1919). Once a British secret services agent in Russia, Maugham traveled extensively to help with his writing, he listened to nuances and studied strangers.

7. Hennepin County Library - Online Catalog Author, Count. Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 18741965, 27. SeeMaugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. 27. Maughan, Glenn,1. http://www.hclib.org/pub/ipac/link2ipac.cfm?term=Maugham W. Somerset&index=AA

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9. Title W. Somerset Maugham's Trio [videorecording] / W. Somerset Add author, French, Harold, 1897. Annakin, Ken. Maugham, W. Somerset (WilliamSomerset), 1874-1965. Simmons, Jean, 1929-. Rennie, Michael, 1909-1971. http://gigcat.midhudson.org:90/kids/1899,1901/search/aj/aj/1,1948,5000,B/bibfram

Title Publisher New York : Axon Video, 1988, c1950. Descript Contents The verger / directed by Ken Annakin Mr. Know-all / directed by Ken Annakin Sanatorium / directed by Harold French. Cast Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde White. Summary Audience General. System NTSC. VHS. Note For private home use only. Subject Short films. Add author French, Harold, 1897- Annakin, Ken. Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. Simmons, Jean, 1929- ... Gainsborough Pictures. Other title Trio Add title Verger. Mr. Know-all. Sanatorium. Music #

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11. QuoteWorld.org - Home To 14,254 Quotations And Growing! And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it. W(illiam) SomersetMaugham (18741965), British writer, Miss Thompson, Of Human Bondage http://www.quoteworld.org/author.php?thetext=W(illiam) Somerset Maugham&page=2

12. Physician Writers H-M (Page 4) Massad, Stewart, 1958, USA. Mates, Susan Onthank, 1950-, USA. Maugham, W. Somerset,1874-1965, England. Mavor, Osborne Henry, Bridie, James, Mays, James A. 1939-,USA. http://members.aol.com/dbryantmd/Page4.html

PHYSICIAN WRITERS H-M Hake, Thomas Gordon Ireland Halberstam, Michael USA Ha-Lev, Judah Spain Haller, Albrecht von Switzerland Hammond, William A. USA Hard, Edward W., Jr. USA Hard, T.W Hard, T.W Hard, Edward W., Jr. Harsch, Hilya Jelly, George Oliver Hart, Alan USA Head, Sir Henry England Hejinian, John USA Hellerstein, David USA Helman, Cecil G. S. Africa/England Henderson, Mary Bridie, James Henshaw, James Ene Nigeria Hibberd, Jack Australia Hilfiker, David USA Hirschhorn, Richard Clark USA Hoffmann, Heinrich Germany Holmes, Oliver Wendell USA Holub, Miroslav Czechoslovakia Hooker, Richard Hornberger, H. Richard Hornberger, H. Richard USA Hooker, Richard Hume, Edward H. USA Huygen, Wil Joseph Netherlands Huyler, Frank D. USA Idris, Yusuf Egypt Iovino, Rita USA Jefferson, Roland USA Jelly, George Oliver England Fosse, Alfred Harsch, Hilya Jenner, Edward England Jeppson, Janet O. USA Jersild, Per Christian Sweden Jessup, Kathryn Shlian, Deborah Jones, Alice A. USA Joseph, Robert Farras USA Judson, Jeffery Crichton, J. Michael Jung-Stilling, Johann Germany Kahn, James

13. MANDEVILLE - MCCLINTOCK FICTION The Good Doctor (1994). W. Somerset Maugham. 1874-1965. Maughamqualified as a doctor at St. Thomas' medical school in London in 1897. http://members.aol.com/dbryantmd/Page27.html

BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE In 1691 Mandeville graduated in medicine from Leiden University, but practiced only briefly before settling in England. There he became famous, and somewhat notorious, for his provocative philosophical ideas. BACKGROUND - Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th. ed. Primer I. Mandeville Studes: New Explorations in the Art and Thought of Dr. Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733). The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff; 1975. POETRY - Hundert EJ, ed. The Fable of the Bees: And Other Writings. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing; 1997. Wishes to a Godson, with Other Miscellany Poems (1975) NONFICTION - Free Thoughts on Religion, the Church, and National Happiness (1969) NOZIPO MARAIRE Born in Zimbabwe, Maraire studied medicine at Harvard and received her M.D. degree in 1992. She has recently completed a neurosurgical residency at Yale (only the second woman to have done so since 1925), and plans to return to Zimbabwe to practice (as the first black female neurosurgeon in Africa). Zenzele has been translated into 13 languages.

14. The W. Somerset Maugham Collection Cushing Memorial Library collects books, manuscripts, and other items relating tothe life and works of the British writer, W. Somerset Maugham (18741965). http://library.tamu.edu/cushing/collectn/lit/maugham/maugham.html

The W. Somerset Maugham Collection The Cushing Memorial Library collects books, manuscripts, and other items relating to the life and works of the British writer, W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965). The core of the collection was acquired by the Library from Frederick W. Frost in 1979. Frost was educated at Princeton University and worked for the Union Carbide Corporation from his graduation in 1932 until his retirement in 1966, except for four years service as an officer in the United States Navy during World War II. It was during the war that Frost's fascination with Maugham began, first reading Up at the Villa and The Summing Up . Impressed by these two books, Frost decided to read everything Maugham had written, and thus his collection began. Built over almost a forty year span, the collection contains the first edition of every book published by Maugham (as well as subsequent printings and editions), many of which are inscribed by the author. The collection also contains manuscript material, photographs, screenplays, theater programmes, periodical contributions, and secondary material. The collection is especially strong in foreign editions of Maugham's novels, with seventeen different languages represented. Also noteworthy within in the collection is a series of letters from Frost to bookdealers and fellow collectors. In the years since its acquisition, the Cushing Memorial Library has continued to add to the collection. In 1982, Mary Lee Archer compiled a bibliographic study of the collection as her Ph.D. dissertation, from which much of the above information was drawn.

15. W. Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham (18741965). W(illiam) Somerset Maugham, playwright, novelistand short story writer was born of British parents in Paris in 1874. http://www.bl.uk/collections/britirish/modbrimaugh.html

document.write(''); Home Collections print home ... Modern Irish W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) W(illiam) Somerset Maugham, playwright, novelist and short story writer was born of British parents in Paris in 1874. Brought up originally in France, Maugham lost his mother at the age of eight. Two years later his father died of cancer and Maugham the orphan was moved to Kent, where he boarded at King's School, Canterbury. His holidays were spent with an uncle in Whitstable. About this time Maugham developed the stammer which made it difficult for him to make relationships and contributed to his shy and introverted manner. Maugham studied philosophy and literature at Heidelberg University and then in London he qualified as a surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital. Of Human Bondage (1915) is an autobiographical novel describing his unhappiness and anxiety in early life and recounting his experiences as a medical student. Maugham served in the British Intelligence Service in World Wars I and II. In 1914 he was part of a Red Cross unit in France, later acting as a secret agent in Geneva. In Petrograd he was involved in trying to prevent the outbreak of the Russian Revolution. These experiences are related in Ashenden, or the British Agent

16. Project Gutenberg Author Record Project Gutenberg Author record. Maugham, W. Somerset(William Somerset), 18741965. Titles. http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/authors/maugham__w._somerset__wil.html

Project Gutenberg Author record Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965 Titles Moon And Sixpence Of Human Bondage To the main listings page Main Project Gutenberg Web page (online)

17. Project Gutenberg Bibliographic Record Project Gutenberg Bibliographic Record. Title Of Human Bondage. Author Maugham,W. Somerset (William Somerset), 18741965. Notes. Language English. http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/titles/of_human_bondage.html

Project Gutenberg Bibliographic Record Title: Of Human Bondage Author: Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965 Notes Language: English Release Date: Oct 1995 File(s): Title Format Directory Filename Size Etext number Of Human Bondage (ASCII) humbn10.txt 1388 KB Select (click on) a Title to view. Click the Author name above for more eBooks by that author To the main listings page Main Project Gutenberg Web page (online)

18. European Literature :: W. Somerset Maugham Signed Postcard Photograph W. Somerset Maugham (18741965), English author, whose novels and short storiesare characterized by great narrative facility, simplicity of style, and a http://www.visink.com/detail.asp?Cat_ID=186&Prod_ID=139

19. W. Somerset Maugham And Beaufort County, SC as about five years during the World War II period, English author William SomersetMaugham (18741965) lived in W. Somerset Maugham returned to http://www.co.beaufort.sc.us/bftlib/maugham.htm

Beaufort Location Beaufort County Public Library Maugham's Bonny Hall mailbox (Collection of the Beaufort Museum) Photograph by Dennis Adams, November 19, 2002 W. Somerset Maugham and Beaufort County, SC by Dennis Adams Information Services Coordinator Maugham at Bonny Hall Plantation Nelson Doubleday, Maugham's Host ... and Nelson Doubleday (January 7, 2003) About Bonny Hall Plantation Maugham at Bonny Hall Plantation For what the Savannah Morning News described as "about five years during the World War II period," English author William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) lived in Beaufort County, on Bonny Hall Plantation in Yemassee. Bonny Hall was owned by publisher Nelson Doubleday, who resided in the large plantation house. Maugham's workshop was a separate, one-room cabin facing the Combahee River, a hundred feet away from the bigger house (This area is now known as Parker’s Ferry Plantation).

20. De Sterren En Meer, W. Somerset Maugham, 9045001764 - Boek In 'De sterren en meer' vertelt W. Somerset Maugham (18741965) het, op het levenvan Paul Gauguin gebaseerde, tragische verhaal van de Engelsman Charles http://www.amerigo.nl/auteur/maugham/9045001764.html

amerigo.nl W. Somerset Maugham reisverhaal paperback 270 pagina's isbn 9045001764 atlas amerigo.nl De sterren en meer In 'De sterren en meer' vertelt W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) het, op het leven van Paul Gauguin gebaseerde, tragische verhaal van de Engelsman Charles Strickland, aandelenhandelaar van beroep. Strickland geeft op een goede dag zijn baan op, verlaat de vrouw met wie hij zeventien jaar is getrouwd en vertrekt naar Parijs om schilder te worden. Daar leeft hij onder armoedige omstandigheden en wisselt periodes van maniakaal werk met woeste, erotische avonturen af. Na de dood van een van zijn schildersmodellen trekt hij zich op Tahiti terug, waar hij uiteindelijk, ziek, blind en eenzaam zal sterven. Pas na zijn dood wordt hij beroemd. De vraag in hoeverre grote kunstenaars per definitie een ongebruikelijk en vooral egocentrisch leven moeten leiden, heeft veel schrijvers geïntrigeerd. In 'De sterren en meer' laat Somerset Maugham zien dat hij over dit onderwerp met veel psychologisch inzicht, maar ook met de nodige distantie kan schrijven.

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