W. Somerset Maugham
Maugham was the most widely read serious British novelist and short story writer of the first half of the twentieth century, whose work combined professional craftsmanship with a disenchanted view of human nature. Of Human Bondage is his major autobiographical novel.
Works
- Of Human BondageNovel of a man's personal and spiritual development shadowed by religious doubt and desire
- The Moon and SixpenceNovel about an English stockbroker who abandons civilization to become an artist in Tahiti
- Cakes and AleComic novel exploring the world of writers and literary pretense in English society
- The Razor's EdgeNovel following a woman's spiritual awakening during travels in England and France
- Liza of LambethNovel of working-class life in Victorian London among the poor and their daily struggles