Maugham

[mawm]

noun

W(illiam) Som·er·set [suhm-er-set, -sit] /ˈsʌm ərˌsɛt, -sɪt/, 1874–1965, English novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer.

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Contemporary Examples of maugham

Maugham once confided to Christopher Isherwood his unrealized wish, when he turned seventy, to return to India and study Shankara.
Maugham's Love Life
Brad Gooch
June 3, 2010

Historical Examples of maugham

Finally I must compliment Mr. Maugham on his ironical title.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914
Various
I am not convinced that Mr. Maugham's experiment has succeeded.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 18th, 1920
Various
The circumstances in which Caroline was written give an interesting reflex on Maugham as an artist.
When Winter Comes to Main Street
Grant Martin Overton
This delicious comedy was put on paper 290 while Maugham was acting as British agent in Switzerland during the war.
When Winter Comes to Main Street
Grant Martin Overton
When Mr. Maugham spoke to him about Stroeve's visit he said: "I thought it damned silly and sentimental."
Idling in Italy
Joseph Collins

British Dictionary definitions for maugham

Maugham

noun

W (illiam) Somerset. 1874–1965, English writer. His works include the novels Of Human Bondage (1915) and Cakes and Ale (1930), short stories, and comedies

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