Far Eastern Tales

Zusatztext This collection of stories was first published in 1993 (Mandarin). Informationen zum Autor William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to literature. Of Human Bondage , the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook . In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965. Klappentext This collection of stories was first published in 1993 (Mandarin). Zusammenfassung Whether portraying a ship-borne flight from a lover's curse, murder in the jungle, or a marriage shattered by a past indiscretion, they all reveal Maugham at his best - sometimes caustic, sometimes gently comic, but always the shrewd and human judge of character and soul.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: W Somerset Maugham, W. Somerset Maugham, William Somerset Maugham
• Verlag: Vintage UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.05.2000
• EAN: 9780099282846
• ISBN: 978-0-09-928284-6
• Seiten: 288
• Abmessung: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Serien: Vintage Classics; Vintage Paperbacks; Somerset Maugham; Vintage Paperbacks; Vintage Classics
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Short Stories