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SomersetMaughamafamousBritishnovelist﹑playwrightandshortstorywriter.(25January1874–16December1965)第一页，共18页。 section1BriefIntroductionofhislife第二页，共18页。 Childhood8yearsoldhismomdied,twoyearslaterhisfatherdied.MaughamwassenttotheUKtobecaredforbyhisuncle,HenryMacDonaldMaugham..hisuncleprovedcoldandemotionallycruel,hisnewschoolwasalsodifficultforhim.HewasteasedforhisbadEnglish(Frenchhadbeenhisfirstlanguage)andhisshortstature,whichheinheritedfromhisfather.第三页，共18页。 ChildhoodMiserablebothathisuncle"svicarageandatschool,theyoungMaughamdevelopedatalentformakingwoundingremarkstothosewhodispleasedhim.ThisabilityissometimesreflectedinMaugham"sliterarycharacters.第四页，共18页。 CareerMaugham"sfatherandthreeolderbrotherswerealldistinguishedlawyers,butMaughamaskedtobeexcusedfromthedutyoffollowingintheirfootsteps.Maughamhadbeenwritingsteadilysincetheageof15andferventlywishedtobecomeanauthor，butlaterhestudiedmedicineatthemedicalschool，meetingpeopleofa"low"sortwhomhewouldneverhavemetotherwise,andseeingthematatimeofheightenedanxietyandmeaningintheirlives.第五页，共18页。 CareerIn1897,hepublishedhisfirstnovel,LizaofLambeth,ataleofworking-classadulteryanditsconsequences.LizaofLambeth"sfirstprintrunsoldoutinamatterofweeks.Maugham,whohadqualifiedasamedic,droppedmedicineandembarkedonhis65-yearcareerasamanofletters.Helatersaid,"Itooktoitasaducktakestowater."第六页，共18页。 MarriageDuringhisyearinHeidelbergMaughammetandhadasexualaffairwithJohnEllinghamBrooks,anEnglishmantenyearshissenior.Althoughhomosexual,MaughamenteredintoarelationshipwithSyrieWellcome,anAmerican-bornEnglishpharmaceuticalmagnate.HenryWellcomesuedhiswifefordivorce,namingMaughamasco-respondent.Themarriagewasunhappy,andSyriedivorcedhimin1929,findinghisrelationshipandtravelswithHaxtontoodifficulttolivewith.第七页，共18页。 MarriageMaugham"slovelifewasalmostneversmooth.Heonceconfessed:"IhavemostlovedpeoplewhocaredlittleornothingformeandwhenpeoplehavelovedmeIhavebeenembarrassed...Inordernottohurttheirfeelings,IhaveoftenactedapassionIdidnotfeel.第八页，共18页。 Section2Worksandwritingstyle第九页，共18页。 dramaLongnovel第十页，共18页。 NotableWorksHisreputationasanovelistrestsprimarilyonthesebooks:第十一页，共18页。 LizaofLambeth(1897)wasW.SomersetMaugham"sfirstnovel,whichhewrotewhileworkingasadoctoratahospitalinLambeth.ItdepictstheshortlifeanddeathofLizaKemp,an18-year-oldfactoryworkerwholivestogetherwithheragingmotherinthefictionalVereStreet.Allinall,itgivesthereaderaninterestinginsightintotheeverydaylivesofworkingclassLondonersattheendofthenineteenthcentury.第十二页，共18页。 Inclassicguide,Maughamintroducesanddiscusseswhatheconsiderstobethetengreatestnovelsandtheirauthors.Herearesomeoftheformulaeofgreatnessinthegenre.Maugham"schoicelist:Fielding"s"TomJones";《汤姆·琼斯》（亨利(hēnglì)·菲尔丁）Dickens"s"DavidCopperfield";《大卫·科波菲尔》（查尔斯·狄更斯）Flaubert"s"MadameBovary";《包法利夫人》（福楼拜）Balzac"s"OldManGoriot";《高老头》(巴尔扎克）EmilyBronte"s"WutheringHeights",《呼啸山庄》（艾蜜莉·勃朗特）Dostoevsky"s"TheBrothersKaramazov";《卡拉马佐夫兄弟》（陀思妥耶夫斯基)Stendhal"s"TheRedandtheBlack";《红与黑》（斯汤达尔）Austen"s"PrideandPrejudice";《傲慢与偏见》（珍·奥斯汀）Melville"s"MobyDick";《白鲸记》（赫尔曼·梅尔维尔)Tolstoy"s"WarandPeace".《战争与和平》（托尔斯泰）第十三页，共18页。 HisWritingStyleMaughamwasinfluencedbythepublishedjournalsoftheFrenchwriterJulesRenard,IbsenandhiscomedieswasinfluencedbyOscarWildealot.Maughamhadenjoyedfortheirconscientiousness,wisdomandwit.Healwaysholdcalm,aloofevenparticularattitudeswithsomesatireandmercytoobservelifeinalmostallhisworks.第十四页，共18页。 HisWritingStyleHisworksaremianlyaboutfamily,loveandthetwistsinmarriage.Hedescribedthesituationsandcustomsintheupperclassandexpressedthedoubtsaboutthesocietymorality.Hisworksaremoresatiricthanhumourous.第十五页，共18页。 section3Influence第十六页，共18页。 In1947MaughaminstitutedtheSomersetMaughamAward,awardedtothebestBritishwriterorwritersundertheageofthirty-fiveforaworkoffictionpublishedinthepastyear.NotablewinnersincludeV.S.Naipaul,KingsleyAmis,MartinAmisandThomGunn.Onhisdeath,MaughamdonatedhisroyaltiestotheRoyalLiteraryFund.第十七页，共18页。 Otherwritersacknowledgedhiswork.AnthonyBurgess,whoincludedacomplexfictionalportraitofMaughaminthenovelEarthlyPowers,praisedhisinfluence.IanFlemingnotedthathewrotetheshortstoryQuantumofSolaceasanhomagetoMaugham"swritingstyle.GeorgeOrwellsaidthatMaughamwas"themodernwriterwhohasinfluencedmethemost,whomIadmireimmenselyforhispoweroftellingastorystraightforwardlyandwithoutfrills."第十八页，共18页。