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William Somerset Maugham was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German university. First novel, Liza of Lambeth, a study of life in the slums, attracted attention, but it was as a playwright that he first achieved national celebrity.

Maugham's novels after Liza of Lambeth include Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, The Painted Veil, Cakes and Ale and The Razor's Edge. His short stories were published in collections such as The Casuarina Tree and The Mixture as Before; many of them have been adapted for radio, cinema and television.


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