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During which season does Maugham's Christmas Holiday take place?
(This is not a trick question!)
Christmas Holiday - W. Somerset Maugham
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Moon And Sixpence
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What real life artist inspired the character of Charles Strickland in W Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence?
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What is W. Somerset Maugham's Moon And Sixpence about?
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Howard Koch wrote what script, based on a play by Somerset Maugham, about a wife (Bette Davis) of a rubber-plantation owner in Singapore?
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The title of W. Somerset Maugham's The Painted Veil is taken from a sonnet by...?
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In Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, what is Phillip Carey's affliction?
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In Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, what is Mildred Rogers's occupation?
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What year was Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham published?
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"The day broke grey and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping...."
The above is the opening line of W. Somerset Maugham's book, namely:
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In W. Somerset Maugham's "Of Human Bondage", Philip, the main character, has what birth defect?
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Who is thought to have first adapted the term 'epiphany' to secular use in his writings, to signify a sudden radiance and relevation?
(Epiphany originally was meant by Christian thinkers to signify a manifestation of God's presence in the world.)
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The chapter headings "Du Côté de Chez Beaver" and "Du Côté de Chez Tod" in Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust are literary bows to ...
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The Summing Up?
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Which two writers were exact contemporaries, in that they were both born in the year 1882 and both died in 1941?
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Imagine you are in a bar full of writers in the next life. Hunter S. Thompson is drinking rum, Somerset Maugham is on the ale, and Laurence Sterne is just having shandy. What will Laurie Lee be drinking?
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