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The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham

The Magician

By W. Somerset Maugham
Introduction by Robert Calder

By W. Somerset Maugham
Introduction by Robert Calder

By W. Somerset Maugham
Introduction by Robert Calder

By W. Somerset Maugham
Introduction by Robert Calder

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    About The Magician

    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 as memorable for its action as for its astonishingly vivid characters. In fin de siecle Paris, Arthur and Margaret are engaged to be married. Everyone approves and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves—until the sinister and repulsive Oliver Haddo appears.

    About The Magician

    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 as memorable for its action as for its astonishingly vivid characters. In fin de siecle Paris, Arthur and Margaret are engaged to be married. Everyone approves and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves—until the sinister and repulsive Oliver Haddo appears.

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    Rain
    Of Human Bondage
    The Skeptical Romancer
    A Writer's Notebook
    The Narrow Corner
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    About W. Somerset Maugham

    W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He trained as a doctor in London, where he started writing his first novels. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place… More about W. Somerset Maugham

    About W. Somerset Maugham

    W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He trained as a doctor in London, where he started writing his first novels. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place… More about W. Somerset Maugham

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction | Fiction Classics

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Feb 27, 2007 | 240 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143104896

    Category: Literary Fiction | Fiction Classics

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Feb 27, 2007 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9781101201466

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    “Maugham tells his tale of the weird and the horrible with simple sincerity and a constant matching of the unhallowed practices with the clean, sweet things of common life that make its effect uncommonly impressive.” —The New York Times

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