Maugham: 133 books

William Somerset Maugham, (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. “Of Human Bondage” (1915) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is...

The Land of the Blessed Virgin, also known as The Land of the Blessed Virgin: Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia, is a travel book by W. Somerset Maugham. It is a series of sketches and impressions he made and collected during his travels around Spain. On a Chinese Screen, also known as On a Chinese...

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...

I've always been a fan of nineteenth-century travel narratives in English. They make comparisons that reveal more about England or the US than they do about the country visited. They don't avoid showing their awe or their disgust. They're resolutely opinionated and unabashedly judgmental. In other words,...

Maugham wrote The Magician after meeting the famous magician and occultist Aleister Crowly in Paris. He caricatures Crowly as the protagonist Oliver Haddo, a magician who is attempting to create life. Crowly later accused Maugham of plagiarism and Maugham added the foreword A Fragment of Autobiography, which is included in this edition.

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The Complete Works of W. Somerset Maugham includes:   Caesar's Wife East of Suez The Explorer The Hero The Land of Promise The Land of The Blessed Virgin Liza of Lambeth The Magician The Making of a Saint Moon and Sixpence Of Human Bondage Orientations Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor The Trembling of a Leaf On a Chinese Screen

This compilation contains three complete novels and eight major short stories from the canon of one of the twentieth century’s most enduringly popular fiction writers. From London to Hong Kong, from Paris to Pago Pago, in Samoa or Malaya or on a Tahitian tropical isle, the men and women in...

When he first meets Charles Strickland, a London stockbroker, the young narrator of this novel thinks of him as "good, honest, dull, and plain." When Strickland suddenly abandons his wife and children and takes off for Paris, however, the narrator decides he is a cad. Though he has had no...

Filled with keen observations, autobiographical notes, and the seeds of many of Maugham's greatest works, A Writer's Notebook is a unique and exhilarating look into a great writer's mind at work. From nearly five decades, Somerset Maugham recorded an intimate journal. In it we see the budding of his...

Benché a differenza di molti suoi colleghi non ne abbia mai fatto mistero, pochi sanno che W. Somerset Maugham è stato a lungo un agente segreto al servizio di Sua Maestà Britannica – e non di secondo piano, se lo scopo del suo viaggio nella Russia del 1917 era, lo dice lui stesso, «impedire...

A film company is making a movie about Daphne Moore, a famous actress of the 1920s, but to proceed they must secure the permission of Norman Hartleigh, a former diplomat once deeply involved with the star. So far, the reclusive Hartleigh has ignored all communications, so scriptwriter David Brent...

" Ce recueil s'inspire de mon expérience d'agent secret pendant la guerre, mais remaniée au service de la fi ction. Car la réalité est un piètre conteur. Elle entame ses récits au petit bonheur, en général bien avant le début de l'action, marche à l'aventure et décroche avant d'avoir...

Mrs. Craddock est le premier tourbillon annonciateur du maelström des veuves où s'engouffre l'oeuvre de Somerset Maugham. La future Mrs. Craddock, Bertha Ley, jouit d'un vaste domaine, d'une belle rente et d'un nom illustre. Elle vit seule avec une tante dont l'esprit n'a rien à envier à...