William Somerset Maugham, an accomplished British writer, has always been worshipped for his outstanding narrative skills which are employed well through his short stories. In the case of The Romantic Young Lady, Maugham makes use of the first person, sense of humor and unexpected ending to attract and amuse his readers successfully. This short story tells how the experienced upper–class squeezes love of inexperienced young couple. It is filled with simple words, which are easily understood and appreciated even by the readers who are not well educated. In other words, his stories can go to different levels of readers. It is written in the first person, “I”, combined with the truth of large details, which shortens the distance between the author and the readers, and leads them to take it for granted, just the first paragraph is powerful enough to make them ready to believe it truly happened in his life. Maugham’s irony is seen occasionally in his story, which relaxes and traps the readers at the same time. For example, “For this luxury he was willing to sacrifice the necessities of life.” This comment is put among the detailed description of the life in Seville, Spain, which exposes “my” disapproval of Spanish people’s blind worship of noble life from Paris. Maugham never interrupts to mock at people, irony is sensed subtly through the observation of the narrator, which makes his story more attractive. The last important skill lies in his plot arrangement. The plot of this story is simple, with a single line of the young couple’s love affairs, however, it goes to the end beyond the expectation of the readers, which shocks them, but, on second thoughts, they will find it makes sense as shown is human nature, human society. Love, once pursued by the girl at the risk of property and status, collapses when confronting masculine vanity.