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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965) [syn: Maugham, Somerset Maugham, W. Somerset Maugham, William Somerset Maugham]

Merriam Webster's

biographical name (William) Somerset 1874-1965 English novelist & dramatist

Britannica Concise

English novelist, playwright, and short-story writer. He abandoned a short career in medicine when his first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897), had some success. His plays, mainly Edwardian social comedies, brought him financial security. His reputation rests primarily on the novels Of Human Bondage (1915), The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Cakes and Ale (1930), and The Razor's Edge (1944). His short stories often portray the confusion of Europeans in alien surroundings. His works, regarded less highly today than formerly, are characterized by a clear, unadorned style, cosmopolitan settings, and a shrewd understanding of human nature.