Maugham
[mawm]
- 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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Maugham once confided to Christopher Isherwood his unrealized wish, when he turned seventy, to return to India and study Shankara.
Historical Examples
Finally I must compliment Mr. Maugham on his ironical title.
I am not convinced that Mr. Maugham's experiment has succeeded.
The circumstances in which Caroline was written give an interesting reflex on Maugham as an artist.
When Winter Comes to Main StreetGrant 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 StreetGrant Martin Overton
When Mr. Maugham spoke to him about Stroeve's visit he said: "I thought it damned silly and sentimental."
Idling in ItalyJoseph Collins
Maugham
- 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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