William Somerset Maugham was born on 25 January 1874 and was to become a playwright and novelist of staggering talent. Losing both his parents at age 10, he was raised by a paternal uncle. Maugham eventually trained and qualified as a doctor. The initial print run of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, sold out so rapidly that Maugham gave up medicine to write full-time. His life was certainly full as the short biography at the end of this book will attest to, but it is also a life full of marvellous works and dedication to his art as ‘The Hero’ reveals.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 151 ● ISBN 9781783948338 ● 出版者 Deadtree Publishing ● 发布时间 2014 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2964965 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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