Презентація "William Somerset Maugham"

William Somerset Maugham,a British writer(1874 – 1965)

Maugham achieved a great success as a novelist.

Somerset Maugham has written 24 plays, 19 novels and a large number of short stories. The most mature period of his life began in 1915, when he published one of his most popular novels. He is best known by his short stories.

The most prominent works by Somerset Maugham are: "Cakes and Ale", "Theatre", "The Razor's Edge«, “ The Luncheon”.

“The Luncheon”

The narrator, a book writer, recognizes a woman with whom he had lunch years ago. He starts remembering the unforgettable evening. He was young, living in Paris, and could barely make ends meet. She had read one of his books and wrote to congratulate him on his work. He invited her for lunch and to his horror she chose an expensive restaurant. He had only eighty francs to last him the rest of the month. She ordered one expensive dish after another and when the bill came he paid and was left with no money at all. However, in the end, the narrator feels that he has finally had his revenge when he sees that the woman now weighs twenty-one stone .