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Christmas Holiday is a novel by the British writer Somerset Maugham, first published in 1939 by Heinemann. Just before the outbreak of the Second World War a naïve young Englishman travels to Paris to broaden his mind. There he meets a White Russian émigré Lydia, now working as a prostitute.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. Born in the British Embassy in Paris, where his father worked, Maugham was an orphan by the age of ten. [ 1 ]
William Somerset Maugham [n 2] CH (/ m ɔː m / MAWM; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) [n 1] was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German university.
W. Somerset Maugham's novel, Christmas Holiday, was originally published in 1939. It follows Charley, whose father gifts him an all-expenses-paid trip to Paris for Christmas.
Christmas Holiday is a 1944 American film noir crime film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly. [2] Based on the 1939 novel of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham, the film is about a woman who marries a Southern aristocrat who inherited his family's streak of violence and instability and soon drags the woman into a life of misery.
Pages in category "Novels by W. Somerset Maugham" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Christmas Holiday (novel) L. Liza of Lambeth; M.
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Pages in category "Films based on works by W. Somerset Maugham" ... Christmas Holiday; The Circle (1925 film) D. Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. E. East of Suez (film)