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Maugham: Collected Short Stories

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By W. Somerset Maugham

By W. Somerset Maugham

By W. Somerset Maugham

By W. Somerset Maugham

By W. Somerset Maugham

By W. Somerset Maugham

By W. Somerset Maugham

By W. Somerset Maugham

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    About Maugham: Collected Short Stories

    This third volume of Maugham’s stories, introduced and selected by the author himself, contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in WWI. Based on Maugham’s own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland, the stories are vignettes in which he dramatizes both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and brutality.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About Maugham: Collected Short Stories

    This final classic collection reveals Somerset Maugham’s unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships in tales of love, infidelity, passion and prejudice. The stories range from “The Lotus Eater” where a man envisions a life of bliss in the Mediterranean, to the astringent tales of “The Outstation” and “The Back of Beyond” in Malaya and South East Asia.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About Maugham: Collected Short Stories

    These 30 short stories, comprising Somerset Maugham’s first collection, are set in locations ranging from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. They include “Rain,” “The Three Fat Women of Antibes,” “The Voice of the Turtle,” and “Before the Party.”

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About Maugham: Collected Short Stories

    The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham’s wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include “Flotsam and Jetsam,” “The Man With the Sca,r” and “The Vessel of Wrath.”

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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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

    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: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Jun 01, 1993 | 272 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140185911

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Mar 01, 1993 | 480 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140185928

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Sep 01, 1992 | 448 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140185898

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Apr 15, 1992 | 432 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140185904

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    Table Of Contents

    Collected Short Stories Volume 3Preface
    Miss King
    The Hairless Mexican
    Giulia Lazzari
    The Traitor
    His Excellency
    Mr. Harrington’s Washing
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