William Somerset Maugham CH (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was ...

“The Letter,” one of the most successful of W. Somerset Maugham’s stories, appeared in 1926 and is still popular today. It recounts the trial of Ethel Proudlock for the 1911 murder of her secret lover ...

THE GENTLEMAN IN THE PARLOUR—W. Somerset Maugham — Doubleday, Doran ($3). Author Maugham writes with few illusions about himself, about his writing. Says he: “This book is the record of a journey ...

Overnight Sensation is a 1984 short film directed by Jon Bloom, based loosely on W. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Colonel's Lady." After housewife Eve Peregrine writes a sudden hit novel, her ...

THE English film “Quartet” consists of four unrelated episodes based on four of W. Somerset Maugham’s short stories—all of them pretty slick and contrived, but all of them entertaining enough. The ...