1926年,毛姆在法国的费拉角买下了心爱的房子——玛莱斯科别墅,在此度过了39年时光。1929年的经济大萧条,毛姆有如神助毫发无伤,他写的戏剧继续在英美乃至全球范围上演,当时《大都会》等杂志给他的短篇小说开出一字一美元(相当于今天的二十美元左右)的稿酬,近乎天文数字。毛姆雇了13个训练有素的仆人,打造的高水准沙龙声名远播,“全欧洲,没有谁的沙龙可以和毛姆的玛莱斯科争风吃醋,在他的七间卧室睡过 In 1926, Maugham bought his beloved house, Villa Marlesco, in Fife, France, where he spent 39 years. In the Great Depression of 1929, Maugham acted like a divine aid, and his plays continued to be played in the United States and the United States and around the world, when magazines such as the Metropolis opened up a word-for-dollar out of his short stories Twenty dollars or so) royalties, almost astronomical figures. Maughou hired 13 well-trained servants to build a reputation for high-quality salons, ”and in all of Europe the salon where no one can jealous of Malesco with Maugham and slept in his seven-bedroom