W. Somerset Maugham

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English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965)

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It tells an emotional story with reserve and dignity, just as Somerset Maughan did in his novel.
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IN 1971 Susan Hill was awarded the Somerset Maughan prize for literature with her novel, I am the King of the Castle.
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Writers Somerset Maughan and Lewis Carroll, the creator of Alice in Wonderland also stuttered.
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His collection of short stories, Tomato Cain, won the Somerset Maughan Award in 1950.
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Somerset Maughan, however, recounts a visit to a distinguished academic.
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Somerset Maughan said: "The only thing that matters is the everlasting present." Perhaps, writes David Williamson, he was talking about one of these gadgets.
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The famous story from the latter is the appearance on the set by Somerset Maughan who watched Tracy doing his best before asking, ``Which one is he now?'' It is said Tracy refused to speak to the author from that moment on.
It's a game of Hyde and chic; Actor, singer and producer Paul Nicholas has brought a touch of class to his new production
Chandler was being hailed as an original and innovative voice by weighty members of the literary establishment including Stephen Spender, Somerset Maughan, and W H Auden.
Solitary master of pulp fiction; The Raymond Chandler Papers - Selected Letters and Non-Fiction 1909-1959. Edited by Tom Hiney and Frank MacShane (Hamish Hamilton, pounds 20). Reviewed by Michael Emery
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