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UnitFiveNeverJudgebyappearancesBackgroundInformationTheAuthorKobeYokohamaBridgeCocktailGinFizzesTheAuthorofthetextAchievements:OfHumanBondage(1915)TheMoonandSixpence(1919)TheCircle(1921)TheTremblingofaLeaf(1921)EastofSuez(1922)OurBetters(1923)ThePaintedVeil(1925)TheBritishAgent(1928)CakesandAle(1930)FirstPersonSingular(1931)AhKing(1933)ChristmasHoliday(1939)TheHourBeforetheDawn(1942)TheRazor'sEdge(1944)ARomance(1948)Quartet(1948)Maugham,WilliamSomerset:1874-1965Birthplace:EnglandNationality:BritishMaugham,WilliamSomerset(1874-1965):HeisanEnglishauthor,whosenovelsandshortstoriesarecharacterizedbygreatnarrativefacility,simplicityofstyle,'sHospital,(1915)·萨默塞特·毛姆英国小说家、戏剧家。生于律师家庭。父母早死,由伯父接回英国抚养。原来学医,后转而致力写作。他的作品常以冷静、客观乃至挑剔的态度审视人生,基调超然,带讽刺和怜悯意味,在国内外拥有大量读者。著名的有戏剧《圈子》,长篇小说《人生的枷锁》、《月亮和六便士》,短篇小说集《叶的震颤》、《卡苏里那树》、《阿金》等。毛姆属于现实主义作家,但是小说当中有部分自然主义特征。例如重视环境描写,以及反映中下层人民。Maugham,WilliamSomerset(1874-1965):TheMoonandSixpence(1919)isastoryoftheconflictbetweentheartistandconventionalsociety,basedonthelifeoftheFrenchpainterPaulGauguin;othernovelsareThePaintedVeil(1925),CakesandAle(1930),ChristmasHoliday(1939),TheHourBeforetheDawn(1942),TheRazor'sEdge(1944),andCataline:ARomance(1948).AmongthecollectionsofhisshortstoriesareTheTremblingofaLeaf(1921),whichincludes“MissThompson,”laterdramatizedasRain;Ashenden:orTheBritishAgent(1928);FirstPersonSingular(1931);AhKing(1933);andQuartet(1948).edies-TheCircle(1921)andOurBetters(1923)-themelodramaEastofSuez(1922),essays,;,city,capitalofHyogoprefecture,SHonshu,Japan,,itisalsoamajorindustri