W. Somerset Maugham

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Title: Of Human Bondage: Description:
The story of Carey, an orphaned cripple, searching for life and love.

Title: Creatures Of Circumstance: Description:
London: William Heinemann, 1947. A collection of short stories, including ‘The Colonel’s Lady’, ‘Appearance and Reality’, ‘A Woman of Fifty’, ‘A Casual Affair’ and ‘The Kite’ by a writer who is particularly celebrated for his short stories. In his preface to the collection, Maugham writes: ‘Since the beginning of history men have gathered round the camp fire...to listen to the telling of stories. The desire to listen to them appears to be as deeply rooted in the human animal as the sense of property’. I have never pretended to be anything but a story teller. It has amused me to tell stories and I have told a great many’. The novelist, short story writer and playwright, William Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965) was born in France, and trained as a doctor before taking up writing, and achieving success with his novel, ‘Liza of Lambeth’ (1897). His novels other well-know novels include ‘Of Human Bondage’ (1915, ‘The Moon and Sixpence’ (1919), ‘Cakes and Ale’ (1930) and ‘The Razor’s Edge’ (1944). Many of his stories, including his famous short story ‘Rain’, have been turned into films.

Title: Then And Now: Description:
London: William Heinemann, 1946. A novel about three months in the life of the brilliant and scheming Florentine philosopher, politician and author of ‘The Prince’, Niccolo Maciavelli I1469 – 1527). In the foreword to this novel, Maugham writes: ‘No one could write a book of this kind out of his head, and I have taken what I wanted where I could find it. My chief source of information has naturally been the works of Machiavelli’. The novelist, short story writer and playwright, William Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965) was born in France, and trained as a doctor before taking up writing, and achieving success with his novel, ‘Liza of Lambeth’ (1897). His novels other well-know novels include ‘Of Human Bondage’ (1915, ‘The Moon and Sixpence’ (1919), ‘Cakes and Ale’ (1930) and ‘The Razor’s Edge’ (1944). Many of his stories, including his famous short story ‘Rain’, have been turned into films.

Title: On A Chinese Screen (oxford In Asia Paperbacks): Description:
YOU come to the row of hovels that leads to the gate of the city. They are built of dried mud and so dilapidated that you feel a breath of wind will lay them flat upon the dusty earth from which they have been made. A string of camels, heavily laden, steps warily past you. They wear the disdainful air of profiteers forced to traverse a world in which many people are not so rich as they. A little crowd, tattered in their blue clothes, is gathered about the gate and it scatters as a youth in a pointed cap gallops up on a Mongolian ponj A band of children are chasing a lame dog and they throw clods of mud at it. Two stout gentlemen in long black gowns of figured silk and silk jackets stand talking to one another. Each holds a little stick, perched on which, with a string attached to its leg, is a little bird. They have brought out their pets for an airing and in friendly fashion compare their merits. Now and then the birds give a flutter into the air, theTable of ContentsI The Rising of the Curtain 11; II My Lady's Parlour 14; III The Mongol Chief 17; IV The Rolling Stone 1» V The Cabinet Minister 23; VI Dinner Parties 27; VII The Altar of Heaven 33; VIII The Servants of God 35; IX The Inn 40; X The Glory Hole 44; XI Fear 47; XII The Picture 55; XIII IIek Britannic Majesty's Representative 57; XIV The Opium Den 60 XV The Last Chance 62; XVI The Nun 64; XVII Henderson 66; XVIII Dawn 70; XIX The Point of Honour 73; XX The Beast of Burden 77; XXI Dr Macalister 80; XXII The Road 85; XXIII God's Truth 90; XXIV Romance 94 XXV The Grand Style 99; XXVI Rain 103; XXVII Sullivan 107; XXVIII The Dining-Room 109; XXIX Arabesque 113; XXX The Consul 114; XXXI The Stbipling 122; XXXII The Fannings 124; XXXIII The Song of the Riveb 129; XXXIV Mirage 131 XXXV The Stranger 134; XXXVI Democracy 140; XXXVII The Seventh Day Adventist 144; XXXVIII The Philosopher 147; XXXIX The Missionary Lady 159; XL A Game of Billiabes 162; XLI T

Title: Cakes And Ale: Description:
The study of the eminent auther Driffield and the sleleton in the cupboard Rosie the barmaid, his first wife.

Title: The Narrow Corner: Description:
Recalls many of his best short stories.

Title: The Painted Veil: Description:
A woman married to a scientist in Hong Kong falls in love with an attractive philanderer.

Title: The Travel Books: Description:
Including 'On a Chinese Screen', 'The Gentleman in the Parlour' and 'Don Fernando'.

Title: A Writer's Note Book: Description:
A notebook of key events in the author's life.