复旦研究生综合英语(1)修订版unt3 The ant and the ENGLISH FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Grasshopper Introduction to the author and the article William Somerset Maugham(1874-1965) was a famous English novelist, short-story writer, playwright and critic. He was born in Paris and educated at Kings School, Canterbury and at Heidelberg. After qualifying as a medical student he became a successful playwright and novelist. His plays are no longer popular, and his fame mainly rests on his many short stories and four of his novels, Of Human Bondage(1915); The Moon and Sixpence(1919), Cakes and Ale(1930)and The Razor's Edge(1944) 後人学出版社Unit 3 The Ant and the Grasshopper Introduction to the Author and the Article William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) was a famous English novelist, short-story writer, playwright and critic. He was born in Paris and educated at King’s School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg. After qualifying as a medical student he became a successful playwright and novelist. His plays are no longer popular, and his fame mainly rests on his many short stories and four of his novels, Of Human Bondage (1915); The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Cakes and Ale (1930) and The Razor’s Edge (1944)