W. Somerset Maugham Forfatter
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The Magician (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Set in the bohemian café society of Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, Maugham's exploration of hypnotism and the occult was inspired by the sinister black magician Aleister Crowley.
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Of Human Bondage (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Maugham's semiautobiographical masterpiece traces the life of Philip Carey, a lonely, sensitive orphan burdened with a club foot, unattainable artistic aspirations, and a hopeless infatuation with a vulgar waitress.
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The Narrow Corner (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past. Driven to... Læs mere
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Of Human Bondage (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Philip's yearning for adventure takes him to Germany and later Paris where he tries to make his mark as an artist before returning to London to study medicine. Here, a tortured and... Læs mere
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The Summing Up (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing his private self, The Summing Up, written when Maugham was sixty-four, is an inimitable expression of a personal credo.
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The Gentleman In The Parlour (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUXSomerset Maugham's success as a writer enabled him to indulge his adventurous love of travel, and he recorded the sights and sounds of his wide-ranging journeys with an urbane, wry style all his own.
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Plays Volume Two (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Witty, comedic and engrossing, this second collection showcases the range of W. The delightful satires of marriage Lady Frederick and Home and Beauty are included here alongside the insightful war drama For Services Rendered, and Maugham's tense colonial drama The Letter.
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Short Stories (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Somerset Maugham is the acknowledged master of the short story, and his full range is represented in this collection.
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Then And Now (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Maugham found a parallel to the turmoil of our own times in the duplicity, intrigue and sensuality of the Italian Renaissance. Then and Now enters the world of Machiavelli, and covers three... Læs mere
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