The Writer's Point of View

by W. Somerset Maugham

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Writer William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris on January 25, 1874. He attended St. Thomas's Medical School in London. A prolific writer, Maugham produced novels, short stories, plays, and an autobiographical novel, "Of Human Bondage." Although he remains popular for his novels and short stories, when he was alive his plays, now dated, were show more also popular, and in 1908 four of his plays ran simultaneously. Maugham died in Nice, France, on December 16, 1965. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
The Writer's Point of View
Original title
The Writer's Point of View
Original publication date
1951
Original language
English

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Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
808.02Literature & rhetoricLiterature, rhetoric & criticismRhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literaturesRhetoric and anthologiesAuthorship techniques, plagiarism, editorial techniques
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PN149 .M38Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)Authorship

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