Somerset MAUGHAM - Libros y biografía

The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham is a story about a woman named Kitty, who marries Walter Fane so that she can live out her fantasies of being a lady in a grand household and meet wealthy people....

On a Chinese Screen, also known as On a Chinese Screen: Sketches of Life in China, is a travel book by W. Somerset Maugham, first published in 1922. It is a series of short sketches Maugham made during...

« Le grand homme est trop souvent fait d’une pièce ; c’est l’homme moyen qui est une multitude d’éléments contradictoires. Il est inépuisable. Vous n’arrivez jamais au bout des surprises qu’il vous réserve...

An interesting story of life and character in the Surrey-side slums, presented with a great deal of sympathetic humour.

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...

Five years change a man, and when they have been spent in the bush fighting Boers, the changes are profound. So when Jamie Parson comes home with captain's pips and a Victoria Cross, he is no longer the...

The Punctiliousness of Don Sebastian -- A Bad Example -- De Amicitia -- Faith -- The Choice of Amyntas -- Daisy --

William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was an English playwright, novelist, and short story writer. He was one of the most popular authors of his era, and reputedly the highest paid of his profession during...

Maugham's first published novel - a vividly realistic portrayal of slum life. Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she has...

Maugham's enchanting tale of secrets and fatal attraction "The Magician" is one of Somerset Maugham's most complex and perceptive novels. Running through it is the theme of evil, deftly woven into a story...

A daring, brilliant and dramatic novel -- a new revelation of Maugham's genius. A tangle of African adventures, a false tale, doubt and the final reconciliation of the lovers make up this pleasant story.

THE Pacific is inconstant and uncertain like the soul of man. Sometimes it is grey like the English Channel off Beachy Head, with a heavy swell, and sometimes it is rough, capped with white crests, and...

A seven scene play by the man behind Of Human Bondage.

Maugham spent the winter months of 1919-20 travelling 1500 miles up the Yangtze River. Always more interested in people than places, he gave full rein to a sensitive and philosophical nature. On a Chinese...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. In Paris, surgeon Arthur Burdon and his fiancé are introduced to Oliver Haddo, a wealthy Englishman from an old family who claims to be a...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. The Moon and Sixpence tells the story of English stockbroker Charles Strickland, who abandons his wife and child to travel to Paris to become...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. On a Chinese Screen was first published in 1922 by Heinemann Publishers, London. Its 58 short vignettes are based on Maugham’s travels along...

« Il m’aurait paru impertinent de faire paraître un tel livre alors que j’étais en pleine activité littéraire ; j’aurais eu l’air de m’attribuer une importance offensante pour mes confrères ; mais je...

Prepare to be captivated by a literary tapestry woven by master storytellers in "Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 044." From the incisive wit of W. Somerset Maugham to the lyrical prose of Virginia Woolf,...

Of Human Bondage is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is generally agreed to be his masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although Maugham stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography,...

Liza of Lambeth was W. Somerset Maugham's first novel, which he wrote while working as a doctor at a hospital in Lambeth, then a working class district of London. It depicts the short life and death of...

This book contains several HTML tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those...