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25%OFFW. Somerset Maugham - Collected Short Stories: v. 1 - 9780099287391 - V9780099287391
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Collected Short Stories: v. 1

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Description for Collected Short Stories: v. 1 Paperback. A collection of stories including "Rain" and "The Three Fat Women of Antibes". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 384.
This classic collection of stories moves from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. It includes the famous story 'Rain', the tragedy of a narrow-minded and overzealous missionary and a prostitute, and 'The Three Fat Women of Antibes,' an extravagantly sardonic tale of abstention and greed, as well as a host of other brilliant tales.

Product Details

Publisher
VINTAGE (RAND)
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099287391
SKU
V9780099287391
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-59

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

Reviews for Collected Short Stories: v. 1
Fascinating tales, sharply revealed characters, a fine narrative craft
J.B. Priestley He was a superb storyteller - one of the very best in our language - who wrote with a wordly, sardonic understanding of the human condition. Writing was his life; everything else was secondary to it
Daily Mail

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