Презентация по английскому языку на тему "Вильям Сомерс"

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  WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM
  (1874 -1965)
  
  
  

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  William Somerset Maugham was an English playwright and author.
  

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  W. S. Maugham was born on December 25, 1874 at the British Embassy in Paris, France.
  
  
  He was the fourth son ( of seven children, but only four that survived infancy).
  
  His mother was a writer and his father was a lawyer at the British Embassy.
  
  His elder brothers Charles, Frederich , and Henry studied at boarding school in England.
  
  

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  William spoke French very well.
  
  Their home was a famous salon with many literary and artistic people of the day.
  But when William was 8 years old, his mother died from tuberculosis, and at the age of 10 he lost his father who died of cancer.
  

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  He was sent to live
  with his aunt
  Sophia and uncle
  Henry McDonald
  Maugham,
  the Vicar of All Saints
  in Kent, England.
  
  

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  Maugham attended
  King’s school
  in Canterbury.
  

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  At the age of sixteen
  he travelled to Germany
  to study literature and philosophy
  at Heidelberg University.
  After coming back to England,
  he worked for a short time
  as an accountant and then
  studied medicine at
  St Thomas’s Hospital
  in London.
  

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  Having finished his studies , he qualified as a surgeon and a physician.
  However, he turned to writing.
  
  
  In 1897 his first novel “Liza of Lambeth” was published.
  William was off for a year in Spain.
  
  

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  At this time the following works were published:
  “ The Hero” (1901)
  “Mrs Craddock”(1902)
  “ The Merry-Go-Round”(1904)
  “The Explorer” (1907)
  “The Magician”(1908)
  “The Moon and Sixpence”(1919)
  “The Painted Veil” (1925), etc.
  

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  When Maugham returned to London, he began working on novels and plays.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  He was inspired by the style of Oscar Wilde.
  
  
  

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  His most famous plays are:
  
  “ A Man of Honour”(1903)
  “ Lady Frederic”(1907)
  
  
  
  
  
  “Jack Straw”(1912)
  “The Unknown”(1920)
  “The Circle”(1921)
  “Our Betters” (1923)
  “The Constant Wife” (1927)
  “Sheppey”(1933).
  

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  Maugham travelled far and wide during his lifetime to Europe, North America, Far East, the South Seas and beyond.
  

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  When World War I broke out, Maugham volunteered with the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps.
  He met American Gerald Haxton, who became his devoted companion and secretary to Maugham until his death.
  

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  While in America Maugham met the wife of Sir Henry Wellcome, Gwendolyn Maude Syrie Barnardo with whom he had a daughter Liza.
  They married in 1917.
  His wife was a famous interior decorator.
  

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  However, they lived apart and finally were divorced.
  After that William Somerset Maugham travelled a lot.
  
  

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  In his later years he wrote numerous essays, short stories and novels, including
  
  “Cakes and Ale”(1930)
  “The Narrow Corner”(1932)
  “Theatre”(1937)
  “The Summing Up” (1938)
  “The Razor’s Edge” (1944)
  

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  During World War II
  he worked
  for some time
  in Switzerland and Russia
  as an agent of the British
  Intelligence Service.
  This work inspired
  “Ashenden:
  Oh, the British Agent”.
  

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  Having spent so
  much time there,
  Maugham decided
  to move
  to the French Riviera
  in 1928.
  
  He bought a villa there and continued to entertain guests and write.
  

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  Maugham also explored many professions .
  He saw numerous television adaptations of his works and enjoyed great financial success.
  He made generous contributions to the people and institutions who supported him in his life, including building a new library for King’s College, Canterbury, England.
  
  

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  He himself received many honours during his lifetime, including the Queen’s Companion of Honour (1954).
  
  

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  In 1947 Maugham instituted
  the Somerset Maugham Award to encourage and support young writers.
  
  

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  William Somerset Maugham died in Nice, France, on December 16, 1965.
  

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  His ashes were interred in Galpin’s garden, Canterbury, England.