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William Somerset Maugham, British novelist and playwright, was one of the most popular writers of his time, and one of the highest-paid authors of his time. He presented many important and distinguished works that achieved him wide fame and great success. His works were famous for his simple writing style, as well as his intelligence in accurately understanding and judging human nature. Somerset Maugham is also remembered for his short stories, most of which were based on the lives of Western settlers, especially the British, in the Far East. These stories expressed the emotional toll the settlers endured in their isolation. His works have been presented on television, radio and theatre. Critics unanimously agree that he is one of the greatest writers of short stories. This does not contradict his wide fame as a playwright and a high-class novelist in the twentieth century. His success as a novelist may be explained by the fact that he lived a variety of experiences from his childhood until after middle age, and he benefited from He made the best use of these experiences in his works, as if many of these stories and novels were depictions and recordings of his autobiography.