Collected Short Stories Volume 4
$41.46
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
5 April 2002
Summary
The final collection of Maugham’s marvellous stories
This final classic collection of stories reveals Somerset Maugham’s unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Brilliant tales of love, infidelity, passion and prejudice, the stories range from ‘The Lotus Eater’ in which a man has a vision of a life of bliss in the Mediterranean, to the astringent tales of ‘The Outstation’ and ‘The Back of Beyond’ in Malaya and South East Asia. Largely set …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099428862 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099428865 |
| Author: | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 5 April 2002 |
| Weight: | 398g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 133mm x 38mm |
| Series: | Maugham Short Stories |
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One of my favourite writers
The short story was Maugham’s true métier, and some of the stories he wrote are among the best in the language – Anthony BurgessOne of my favourite writers – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
About The Author
W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King’s School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas’ Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to literature. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer’s Notebook. In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965.
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