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Ten Novels and Their Authors
W. Somerset Maugham
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Description for Ten Novels and Their Authors
Paperback. A guide that studies the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Maugham's studies of the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists are outstanding examples of literary criticism at its finest. Afforded here are some of the formulae of greatness in the genre, as well as the flaws and heresies which enfeeble it. Written by a master of fiction, "Ten Novels and Their Authors" is a unique and invaluable guide.
Maugham's studies of the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists are outstanding examples of literary criticism at its finest. Afforded here are some of the formulae of greatness in the genre, as well as the flaws and heresies which enfeeble it. Written by a master of fiction, "Ten Novels and Their Authors" is a unique and invaluable guide.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099286783
SKU
V9780099286783
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About W. Somerset Maugham
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 ... Read more
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