Maugham

[ mawm ]

/ mɔm /

noun

W(illiam) Som·er·set

[suhm-er-set, -sit] /ˈsʌm ərˌsɛt, -sɪt/,1874–1965, English novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer.

Example sentences from the Web for maugham

Maugham once confided to Christopher Isherwood his unrealized wish, when he turned seventy, to return to India and study Shankara.

Maugham's Love Life |Brad Gooch |June 3, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
This delicious comedy was put on paper 290 while Maugham was acting as British agent in Switzerland during the war.

When Winter Comes to Main Street |Grant Martin Overton
Finally I must compliment Mr. Maugham on his ironical title.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 |Various
Frohman produced all of Maugham's plays in America, and most of them were great successes.

Charles Frohman: Manager and Man |Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman

The circumstances in which Caroline was written give an interesting reflex on Maugham as an artist.

When Winter Comes to Main Street |Grant Martin Overton
The ideal woman does not require to be "many women" to a man of the right kind in the sense suggested in Mr. Maugham's play.

Woman and Womanhood |C. W. Saleeby

British Dictionary definitions for maugham

Maugham

/ (ˈmɔːm) /

noun

W (illiam) Somerset. 1874–1965, English writer. His works include the novels Of Human Bondage (1915) and Cakes and Ale (1930), short stories, and comedies

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