W. Somerset Maugham
The Merry-go-round
89%
Looking out upon the backstreets, the suburbs and the high society haunts of Edwardian London, the…
Short Stories
76%
Somerset Maugham is the acknowledged master of the short story, and his full range is represented…
The Painted Veil
68%
Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong.…
The Razor's Edge
78%
Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey…
Theatre
96%
In «Theatre», W. Somerset Maugham – the author of the classic novels «Of Human Bondage» and «Up at…
The Moon and Sixpence
55%
Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and…
The Painted Veil (movie tie-in)
98%
'She did not know what to say. She was undecided whether indignantly to assert her innocence or to…
Up at the Villa
87%
Mary Panton walls up her desires in a beautiful villa high up in the hills above Florence, as she…
Maugham: Collected Short Stories v: 3
77%
Maugham learned his craft from Maupassant, and these stories, featuring his alter-ego Ashenden,…
Collected Short Stories: v: 2
96%
The stories in this collection move from Malaya to America and England, and include some of…
Collected Short Stories: v: 3
76%
The third volume of Somerset Maugham's Collected Short Stories, introduced by the author, contains…
Collected Short Stories: v: 4
78%
This final classic collection of stories reveals Somerset Maugham's unique talent for exposing and…
The Gentleman in the Parlour
68%
This book includes an introduction by Paul Theroux. Somerset Maugham's success as a writer enabled…
Maugham: Collected Short Stories v: 2
87%
The stories collected here, including «The Alien Corn», «Flotsam and Jetsam», and «The Vessel of…
Maugham: Collected Short Stories v: 4
97%
These thirty stories — most set in the colonies at a time when the Empire was still assured, in a…
Theatre
96%
Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. Off stage, however, she is bored…
Catalina
85%
Crippled and disconsolate, sixteen-year-old Catalina is the one person unable to join in the…
Cakes and Ale
55%
With an introduction by Nicholas Shakespeare «Cakes and Ale» is both a wickedly satirical novel…
Up at the Villa
87%
In «Up at the Villa», W. Somerset Maugham portrays a wealthy young English woman who finds herself…
Collected Short Stories: v: 1
79%
This collection of Somerset Maugham's short stories includes stories based in England, France and…