Tag: William Somerset Maugham
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W. Somerset Maugham: Medical
William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) is remembered primarily as a master of the short story and as a novelist whose lucid style made him one of the most widely read writers of the twentieth century. Yet beneath his literary reputation lies another identity: that of a trained physician. Medicine was not just a stage in Maugham’s…
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Reading should be a pleasure, not a burden
I have always felt that reading should be a pleasure. Of course to get anything out of it you must give it your full attention, but to a healthy understanding there is nothing disagreeable in the activity of the intellect. It is however the business of an author to make your perusal of his work…