Short stories

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 The definitive selection of Maugham's best short stories! rejacketed in the new series style. 'His plots are cool and deadly! and his timing is absolutely flawless' "Raymond Chandler" Zusammenfassung Somerset Maugham is the acknowledged master of the short story, and his full range is represented in this collection.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: W Somerset Maugham, W. Somerset Maugham, William Somerset Maugham
• Mitarbeit: Anthon Curtis (Herausgeber), Anthony Curtis (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Vintage UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 14.11.1994
• EAN: 9780749397579
• ISBN: 978-0-7493-9757-9
• Seiten: 624
• Abmessung: 129 mm x 198 mm x 32 mm
• Serien: Vintage Classics; Vintage Paperbacks; MINERVA; Somerset Maugham; Vintage Paperbacks; Vintage Classics; Minerva
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; FICTION / General, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Short Stories, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945)