Short stories

Informationen zum Autor William Somerset Maugham, famous as novelist, playwright and short-story writer, 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 a view to practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth , published in 1897, won him over to letters. 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. His position as a successful playwright was being consolidated at the same time. His first play, A Man of Honour , was followed by a series of successes just before and after World War I, and his career in the theatre did not end until 1933 with Sheppey . His fame as a short story writer began with The Trembling of a Leaf , subtitled Little Stories of the South Sea Islands , in 1921, after which he published more than ten collections. His other works include travel books such as On a Chinese Screen , and Don Fernando , essays, criticism, and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook . In 1927, he 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.

Product details

• Authors: W Somerset Maugham, W. Somerset Maugham, William Somerset Maugham
• Assisted by: Anthon Curtis (Editor), Anthony Curtis (Editor)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.1994
• EAN: 9780749397579
• ISBN: 978-0-7493-9757-9
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Paperbacks; MINERVA; Somerset Maugham; Vintage Paperbacks; Vintage Classics; Minerva
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Short Stories, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945)