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| Preface | ||
| 1 | Paris and King's School, 1874-1889 | 3 |
| 2 | Heidelberg and Medicine, 1890-1897 | 21 |
| 3 | Liza of Lambeth and Spain, 1897-1899 | 35 |
| 4 | Struggling Author, 1900-1904 | 47 |
| 5 | Bohemia and Frame, 1905-1908 | 58 |
| 6 | Sue Jones and Syrie, 1909-1915 | 76 |
| 7 | The Great War and Gerald Haxton, 1914-1916 | 96 |
| 8 | Secret Agent, 1916-1919 | 116 |
| 9 | Malaya and China, 1919-1921 | 134 |
| 10 | Dangerous Journeys, Dangerous Friends, 1921-1925 | 152 |
| 11 | Villa Mauresque, 1926-1928 | 166 |
| 12 | "Stately Homo," 1928-1929 | 184 |
| 13 | Reputations: Cakes and Ale, 1930-1933 | 196 |
| 14 | India and Eternal Youth, 1934-1938 | 217 |
| 15 | War Propaganda and Hollywood, 1939-1941 | 236 |
| 16 | Yemassee and Haxton's Death, 1942-1944 | 254 |
| 17 | Alan Searle and Art, 1945-1946 | 271 |
| 18 | The Lizard of Oz, 1947-1950 | 288 |
| 19 | Royalty and Honors, 1951-1955 | 299 |
| 20 | The Old Party, 1956-1961 | 312 |
| 21 | Family Values, 1962-1965 | 325 |
| 22 | Afterlife | 340 |
| Notes | 353 | |
| Maugham's Travels | 391 | |
| Iconography | 393 | |
| Bibliography | 395 | |
| Filmography | 398 | |
| Index | 401 |
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Kevin Lyons
reviewed Somerset Maugham: A Life on October 06, 2013
Somerset Maugham: A Life
The second casualty of my new policy of not finishing books that don't grab me. Maugham is one of my favorite authors, although I recognize that he is not necessarily the greatest of his generation. I was very interested in the life that gave rise to his writing. I wasn't so interested in an unending chronicle of his sex life. While his uncertain sexuality undoubtedly contributed a great deal to his character and life experiences, I really don't think it needs quite the emphasis this author gave it. Maybe because of this, or maybe just because biographies are by nature not as gripping as fiction, I kept putting this book down and then forgetting to pick it back up again. Eventually I gave up. I did gain some insight into Maugham from reading as much as I did, but I'm not sure how much more than I would have gained reading the wikipedia entry.
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