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The Luncheon

Maharashtra Board · Class 10 · English

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Key Topics to Revise

1

Author and Background

  • William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was a distinguished British playwright, novelist, and short story writer
  • He was among the most popular writers of his era and the highest paid author during the 1930s
  • His writing style is characterized by clear, unadorned language and shrewd understanding of human nature
2

Plot Summary and Structure

  • The story begins with the narrator meeting the woman at a play twenty years later
  • Flashback structure: The main incident happened twenty years ago in Paris
  • The narrator was a struggling writer with only 80 francs for the month
3

Character Analysis

  • The Narrator: A struggling young writer, honest, generous despite poverty, retrospective storyteller
  • The Woman: Manipulative, pretentious, hypocritical, imposing appearance with prominent teeth
  • She appears interested in art and literature but uses this to manipulate the narrator
4

Themes and Messages

  • Hypocrisy and Pretense: The woman's contradiction between words and actions
  • Social Class and Economic Disparity: The contrast between the narrator's poverty and the woman's apparent wealth
  • Exploitation and Manipulation: How the woman takes advantage of the narrator's politeness

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The woman repeatedly claims 'I neverThe narrator has only 80 francsThe woman's character is revealed notTwenty years later

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