Characteristics Of Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham an English novelist, playwright, and short-story writer whose work is characterized by a clear unadorned style, set in cosmopolitan settings, and the shrewd understanding of human nature. He never gave upon in his life instead toiled hard and left no stone unturned in order to reach the pinnacle. He was one of the most popular authors of his era. Though, he did not receive the same critical acclaim as did his modernist contemporaries but with their more experimental prose styles, he was one of the most reputedly and the highest paid of his profession during the 1930s. Maugham 's modernism even expressed itself not in his literary style, but also in the themes of his stories, which demonstrated the disaffection of his characters with reference to the modern world. Maugham became an amazingly witty satirist of the post-colonial era as well as wrote more than thirty plays, mainly light satiric comedies. At one point of time he infact had four dramas running simultaneously in a row; only Bernard Shaw has had more plays on at the same time in London. The British Library also holds quiet a lot of Maugham 's published plays, and the Library 's Lord Chamberlain 's collection which contains a considerable number of the typescripts. Today, Maugham is probably one of the best known as a short story writer. His clear, lucid also economical style makes an easy reading and his short stories have been reprinted frequently in many collected editions. Maugham said