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Somerset Maugham - Best Short Stories - 9781509843992 - V9781509843992
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Best Short Stories

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Description for Best Short Stories hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Reading the stories of Somerset Maugham is rather like curling up and up listening to the delicious, risque tales of an old, dear and rather wicked friend. You turn the pages and enter a magical world of fabulous characters, are transported to the very place, the villa, the street, the bar, of which he writes. This Macmillan Collector's Library selection features ten of his finest and most vivid stories: 'The Letter', 'The Verger', 'The Vessel of Wrath', 'The Book-Bag', 'The Facts of Life', 'Lord Mountdrago', 'The Colonel's Lady', 'The Treasure', 'Rain' and 'P&O'. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Macmillan Collector's Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509843992
SKU
V9781509843992
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham was born at the British Embassy in Paris in 1874 into a family of lawyers. Orphaned at ten and exiled to an indifferent uncle and hated boarding school in Kent, he escaped briefly to Heidelberg University, where he discovered literature, love and his urge to write. He qualified as a doctor in London, exploiting his medical experiences ... Read more

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