He introduced readers to ‘shades of grey’ in life. He used minimum of ornamentation in his prose, concentrating unflinchingly on the narrative line. His writings had the requisite elements of character, emotion, and often an interesting cultural milieu. The wry sense of humour was pervasive, tempered by astringent cynicism. They balanced one another and were balanced in themselves. He liked to describe at length, almost exasperatingly so, but later corrected himself. Maugham’s style was as ordered as his general plan. He declared that his prepossessions in the arts were on the side of law and order. Maugham thought Maupassant gave his stories a beginning, a middle and an end, a discipline that pleased him enormously. From the Frenchman, Maugham learnt not just to copy life in his tales, but also to dramatize, interest, excite and surprise the reader. Iftekhar Ahmed ChowdhuryHe admired Chekov’s markedly superior characteristics, but was more approving of Guy de Maupassant.
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