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Maugham, W. Somerset<br />

(1874-1965)<br />

• British novelist, playwright, shortstory<br />

writer, highest paid author in<br />

the world in the 1930s.<br />

• Despite his popularity, Maugham<br />

did not gain serious recognition –<br />

he stood “in the very first row of<br />

the second-raters”.<br />

• Maugham's skill in handling plot<br />

has been compared by critics in<br />

the manner of Guy de Maupassant.

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