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Of Human Bondage (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

A masterpiece of modern literature that mirrors Maugham's own career. Of Human Bondage is the first and most autobiographical of Maugham's novels. After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris as a would-be artist, Philip settles in London to train as a

Of Human Bondage (Maugham W. Somerset)(Mass Market Paperbound)

From a tormented orphan with a clubfoot, Philip Carey grows into an impressionable young man with a voracious appetite for adventure and knowledge. His cravings take him to Paris at age eighteen to try his hand at art, then back to London to study medicine. But even so, nothing can sate his nagging

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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 study medicine. Here, a tortured and one-sided love affair with Mildred, a vulgar yet irresistible waitress, changes the course of his life for

Cakes And Ale (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

Short Stories (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

Somerset Maugham is the acknowledged master of the short story, and his full range is represented in this

Ashenden (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. The stories collected in Ashenden are rooted in Maugham's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue

Collected Short Stories Volume 2 (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

Points of View (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

Eclectic and illuminating, these essays are the last that Maugham published. Ranging from an appreciation of Goethe's novels, to an encounter with an Indian holy man, with a considered analysis of the form at which Maugham himself excelled - the short story - they present the enduring views and

On A Chinese Screen (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

Maugham spent the winter months of 1919 travelling fifteen hundred miles up the Yangtze river. Maugham keenly observes, and gently ridicules, their dogged and oblivious persistence with the life they

Then And Now (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

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

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Best Short Stories (Somerset Maugham W)(Pevná vazba)

Reading the stories of Somerset Maugham is rather like curling up and up listening to the delicious, risque tales of an old, dear and rather wicked friend. You turn the pages and enter a magical world of fabulous characters, are transported to the very place, the villa, the street, the bar, of

Writer's Notebook (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

From 1892, when he was eighteen, until 1949, when this book was first published, Somerset Maugham kept a notebook. It is without doubt one of his most important works. Part autobiographical, part confessional, packed with observations, confidences, experiments and jottings it is a rich and

Collected Short Stories Volume 4 (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

This final classic collection of stories reveals Somerset Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human

Collected Short Stories Volume 3 (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

The third volume of Somerset Maugham's Collected Short Stories, introduced by the author, contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in World War

Plays Volume Two (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

Witty, comedic and engrossing, this second collection showcases the range of W. The delightful satires of marriage Lady Frederick and Home and Beauty are included here alongside the insightful war drama For Services Rendered, and Maugham's tense colonial drama The

Christmas Holiday (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

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 and one working in his father's business, he is looking forward to a jaunt in Paris with one of his oldest

Magician (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

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 the sinister black magician Aleister

Catalina (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

In the dark days of the Spanish Inquisition, such a claim to blessedness has serious consequences, especially when Catalina seems more inclined to obey her heart than the demands of the Church. The last of Maugham's novels, Catalina is a romantic celebration of Spain and a delightfully

Don Fernando (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

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 of a great people at their greatest hour is full of happy surprises, curious facts and stimulating opinions that reflect Maugham's lifelong enchantment

Vagrant Mood (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

The Vagrant Mood is a brilliantly varied and colourful collection of essays. From Kant to Raymond Chandler; from the legend of Zurbaran to the art of the detective story; from Burke to Augustus Hare, Somerset Maugham brings his inimitable mastery of the incisive character sketch to the genre of

Razor's Edge (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

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

Summing Up (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing his private self, The Summing Up, written when Maugham was sixty-four, is an inimitable expression of a personal

Liza Of Lambeth (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback / softback)

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, new to the area, and married. Soon the streets are wise to their passionate affair and Liza's fall from grace is fast and