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Maugham's father was a lawyer who worked at the British Embassy in France. Maugham lost his mother at the age of eight and his father at the age of ten. He was later sent back to England to be raised by his uncle who was a pastor. With books as his companion, he developed a lonely and melancholy temperament in his character. Later, he studied at the Royal College of Canterbury. He was discriminated against because of his stuttering defect, which left a psychological shadow. When he was in college, he studied medicine, but gradually developed a strong interest in literature. Based on what he saw and heard while working as a trainee doctor in the slums of London, he wrote his first novel "Lisa of Lambeth", which received good reviews and embarked on the path of literary creation. While he was writing, he traveled around the world to collect materials for writing, but the novels he initially wrote did not cause much response until "The Shackles of Humanity" was fully recognized. He wrote many plays, among which "Lady Frederic" was finally staged after being rejected by seventeen theater troupes. It was a great success and started his first step towards great fame and wealth.
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