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A Companion to the Characters in the Fiction and Drama of W. Somerset Maugham (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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A Companion to the Characters in the Fiction and Drama of W. Somerset Maugham (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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The characters in the fiction and drama of W. Somerset Maugham
accurately reflect English society from the end of the Victorian
age through the early years of World War II. Maugham based his
characters on real people whom he observed and analyzed, and his
characters transcend the themes and settings of his fictional
worlds. This volume lists and descibes each and every character
mentioned in Maugham's fiction and drama, including living, dead,
human, animal, imaginary, historical, named, and unnamed
inhabitants of his works. Through his voluminous writings, W.
Somerset Maugham recreated the age in which he lived. The
characters in his fiction and drama accurately reflect English
society from the end of the Victorian era through the early years
of World War II. There exists little doubt that the strength of
Maugham's works stems from his rich characterizations. When he
peopled his imaginary worlds, he based his characters on real
persons whom he observed and analyzed, both from a respectable
distance and a not always respectable intimacy; then he recast them
upon the page and the stage. This reference sets down in
alphabetical order each character included in Maugham's stories,
novels, and plays. Included are imaginary, historical, human,
animal, named, unnamed, living, and dead characters from all of his
works. Each entry indicates the work in which the character appears
and provides a description of the character in relation to the work
as a whole. As far as possible, the descriptions capture the
substance and tone of Maugham's own words. An introductory essay
discusses the importance of Maugham's characters to his literary
art, while a bibliography lists editions consulted and secondary
sources of additional information.
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