A Discussion on W.S.Maugham's "The Lotus Eater

<正>William Somerset Maugham was a prominent English novelist and dramatist in the 20th century. He was a prolific writer. In the fifty years of his literary career, he wrote more than ten long novels, some dozens of plays and nearly one hundred short stories. He also wrote a lot of comments, informal essays, travel notes and reminiscences. Up to the present time his major works have been reprinted in many editions, and he has now become one of the favourite writers of modern readers.