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The first and most autobiographical of Maugham's masterpieces. It is the story of Philip Carey, an orphan eager for life, love and adventure. After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris as a would-be artist, he settles in London to train as a doctor where he meets Mildred, the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a tortured and masochistic affair. From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36253-the_razors_edge.html https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36253-the_razors_edge.html
Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. The most ambitious of Maugham's novels, this is also one in which Maugham himself plays a considerable part as he wanders in and out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36264-65_short_stories.html https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36264-65_short_stories.html
65 Short Stories (Complete and Unabridged)]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36269-collected_short_stories_volume_2.html https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36269-collected_short_stories_volume_2.html
The stories in this collection move from Malaya to America and England, and include some of Maugham's most famous tales; 'Flotsam and Jetsam', the story of an old woman trapped for years in a loveless marriage in the remote rubber plantations; 'The Man with the Scar', and notably the opening story 'The Vessel of Wrath', a tale of the unexpected love that grows between a devout missionary nurse and a drunken reprobate. In this second volume of his collected stories, Maugham illustrates his characteristic wry perception of human foibles and his genius for evoking compelling drama from an acute sense of time and place.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36254-collected_short_stories_volume_4.html https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36254-collected_short_stories_volume_4.html
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 in favourite Maugham country, this colourful collection brilliantly evokes the numbered days of the British Empire.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36275-the_summing_up.html https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36275-the_summing_up.html
Autobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo; both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36268-the_complete_short_stories_of_w_somerset_maugham_east_and_west_vol_1_of_2.html https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36268-the_complete_short_stories_of_w_somerset_maugham_east_and_west_vol_1_of_2.html
30 stories Rain --
Fall of Edward Barnard --
Mackintosh --
Red --
Honolulu --
Pool --
Letter --
Before the party --
Force of circumstance --
Outstation --
Yellow streak --
P & O --
Jane --
Round dozen --
Creative impulse --
Miss King --
Hairless Mexican --
Giulia Lazzari --
Traitor --
His Excellency --
Mr. Harrington's washing --
Footprints in the jungle --
Human element --
virtue --
Alien corn --
Book-bag --
Vessel of wrath --
Door of opportunity --
Back of beyond --
Neil MacAdam.]]> Sat, 20 Sep 2014 22:23:52 +0300 https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36251-ah_king_works_of_w_somerset_maugham.html https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36251-ah_king_works_of_w_somerset_maugham.html
Set in Malaya, this collection of short stories brilliantly captures the essence of colonial life. Maugham paints a keen picture of the expatriate planter, missionary, and colonial officer--and their womenfolk--as they pass their days in this remote corner of the empire. Footprints in the Jungle
The Door of Opportunity
The Vessel of Wrath
The Book-Bag
The Back of Beyond
Neil Macadam]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36256-the_complete_short_stories_of_w_somerset_maugham_-_ii_-_the_world_over.html https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36256-the_complete_short_stories_of_w_somerset_maugham_-_ii_-_the_world_over.html
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Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. Off stage, however, she is bored with her handsome husband, coquettish and undisciplined. She is at first flattered and amused by the attentions of a shy and eager young fan, but before long Julia is amazed to find herself falling wildly, dangerously, in love.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36263-short_stories.html https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36263-short_stories.html
Somerset Maugham is the acknowledged master of the short story, and his full range is represented in this collection. In acclaimed stories such as 'Rain', 'The Letter', 'The Vessel of Wrath' and 'The Alien Corn', Maugham illustrates his wry perception of human weakness and his genius for evoking compelling drama and an acute sense of time and place.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36262-then_and_now.html https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36262-then_and_now.html
Maugham found a parallel to the turmoil of our own times in the duplicity, intrigue and sensuality of the Italian Renaissance. Then and Now enters the world of Machiavelli, and covers three important months in the career of that crafty politician, worldly seducer and high priest of schemers.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36261-the_favorite_short_stories_of_w_somerset_maugham.html https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36261-the_favorite_short_stories_of_w_somerset_maugham.html
14 stories: Rain.--Red.--The letter.--Before the party.--The outstation.--The round dozen.--The hairless Mexican.--Guilia Lazzari.--Mr. Harrington's washing.--The human element.--The alien corn.--The vessel of wrath.--The door of opportunity.--Neil MacAdam.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36260-the_skeptical_romancer_selected_travel_writing.html https://biography.library.land/w-somerset-maugham/36260-the_skeptical_romancer_selected_travel_writing.html
W. Somerset Maugham was one of the seminal writers of the twentieth century, and his travel writing has long been considered among his finest work. Now, acclaimed travel writer Pico Iyer maps out a masterful tour of these vivid, evocative pieces that are collected here for the first time. Maugham worked as a secret agent in Russia, published novels in London, staged plays in New York, and traveled throughout Europe, Asia, India, and the United States, chronicling his travels, wherever he went, with exceptional insight. Beginning with “In the Land of the Blessed Virgin” and culminating in “A Partial View,” Iyer selects vignettes of Maugham’s razor-sharp prose that track his transformation from a boyish traveler in Spain to a worldly man of letters. This is Maugham at his most keenly observant, direct, and powerful. From the Hardcover edition.]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:23:51 +0300