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Zusatztext “[Maugham is] a great artist . . . a genius.” –Theodore Dreiser “[Maugham’s] excessively rare gift of story-telling . . . is almost the equal of imagination itself.” – The Sunday Times (London) “It is very difficult for a writer of my generation! if he is honest! to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. . . . He was always so entirely there .” –Gore Vidal “Maugham remains the consummate craftsman. . . . [His writing is] so compact! so economical! so closely motivated! so skillfully written! that it rivets attention from the first page to last.” – Saturday Review of Literature Informationen zum Autor W. Somerset Maugham was one the twentieth century’s most popular novelists as well as a celebrated playwright, critic, and short story writer. He was born in Paris but grew up in England and served as a secret agent for the British during World War I. He wrote many novels, including the classics Of Human Bondage, Cakes and Ale, Christmas Holiday, The Moon and Sixpence, Theatre , and Up at the Villa . Klappentext Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of his spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brilliant characters - his fiancee Isabel whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliott Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. Maugham himself wanders in and out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates. Zusammenfassung Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel! whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions! and Elliot Templeton! her uncle! a classic expatriate American snob. The most ambitious of Maugham's novels! this is also one in which Maugham himself plays a considerable part as he wanders in and out of the story! to observe his characters struggling with their fates. ...
