W. Somerset Maugham

Reducere. Frumoasa Kitty Fane este surprinsa cu alt barbat de sotul ei, un renumit medic bacteriolog pe care-l insoteste in China coloniala. Acesta o va lua ...

Valul pictat - W. Somerset Maugham

W Somerset Maugham 00011931

Reducere. W. Somerset Maugham 978-973-46-1983-2

This compilation contains three complete novels and eight major short stories from the canon of one of the twentieth century's most enduringly popu...

Reducere. „[Maugham este] un artist desavarsit... un geniu.“ - Theodore Dreiser„Pentru un scriitor din generatia mea este foarte dificil sa ramana indiferent...

Witty, comedic and engrossing, this second collection showcases the range of W. Somerset Maugham’s talent as a playwright. The delightful satires o...

Considered by Graham Greene to be Maugham's best work, Don Fernando is a paean to a golden age of enormous creative energy. This vibrant assessment...

W. Somerset Maugham 00019010

This book includes an introduction by Paul Theroux. Somerset Maugham's success as a writer enabled him to indulge his adventurous love of travel, a...

Eclectic and illuminating, these essays are the last that Maugham published. Ranging from an appreciation of Goethe's novels, to an encounter with ...

This collection of stories was first published in 1993 (Mandarin).

Included here are the noirish mystery The Sacred Flame, the hilarious satires The Circle, The Constant Wife, and Our Betters, and the sharp-witted ...

W. Somerset Maugham's first novel is about the gloomy, poverty-stricken world of South London in the 1890s and how it affects one young girl who tr...

In the dark days of the Spanish Inquisition, such a claim to blessedness has serious consequences, especially when Catalina seems more inclined to ...

Set in the bohemian cafe society of Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, Maugham's exploration of hypnotism and the occult was inspired by ...

Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. Off stage, however, she is bored with her handsome husband, coquettish and undiscip...

Reducere. The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Inspired by the life of French painter Paul Gauguin, Maugham set out to capture the...

Publisher: EverymanAuthor(s): W. Somerset MaughamNumber of pages: 848Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 212 x 135 x 50Cover type: HardbackRedescoper...

Maugham's studies of the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists are outstanding examples of literary criticism at its finest. Afforded here ...

But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange and terrible vengeance: Kitty must accompany him to his new posting in remote mainland...

On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Austral...

Philip's yearning for adventure takes him to Germany and later Paris where he tries to make his mark as an artist before returning to London to stu...

A coming-of-age novel that moves from genteel British society to the grim underworld of Paris before the war. Following three years at Cambridge an...

Reducere. First serialized in 1924 and published as a complete novel in 1925, "The Painted Veil" is the powerful novel of transgression and redemption by pop...

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 ...

Maugham's set of stories about wartime spy John Ashenden, prefigured James Bond with his exploits with both exotic enemies and women.

Looking out upon the backstreets, the suburbs and the high society haunts of Edwardian London, the delightfully witty and independent spinster Miss...

Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Inspired by the...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARECakes and Ale is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skilfully cr...

Ten of W. Somerset Maugham's wonderful stories in one collector's volume.

Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. But then Liza meets Jim Blakeston, charming and worldy,...

A masterpiece of modern literature that mirrors Maugham's own career. Of Human Bondage is the first and most autobiographical of Maugham's novels. ...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordabl...

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for W Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage, agreed to be Maugham's m...

The definitive selection of Maugham's best short stories, rejacketed in the new series style. 'His plots are cool and deadly, and his timing is abs...

From the love affair between a missionary and a drunkard to the mystery surrounding a death at sea, this collection gives a warm and humourous insi...

DescriptionDesperate for love and eager for experience of a wider world, Philip Carey grows up in the oppressive confines of his uncle's vicarage. ...

W. Somerset Maugham's masterwork is the coming-of-age story of Philip Carey, a sensitive young man consumed by an unrequited and self-destructive l...

William Somerset Maugham, CH (25 January 1874 - 16 December 1965), better known as W. Somerset Maugham, was an English playwright, novelist, and sh...

Reducere. Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of his spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillia...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham's ode to the powerful forces behind creative genius. Charles Strickland is a staid banker, ...