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Across colonial outposts, drawing rooms and remote plantations, Maugham watches human weakness come quietly to light..
The stories in this second volume of W. Somerset Maugham's collected short fiction move from Malaya to America, England, Borneo, China, Russia and Central America.
They include some of Maugham's most famous tales: 'Flotsam and Jetsam', the story of an old woman trapped for years in a loveless marriage in the remote rubber plantations; 'The Man with the Scar'; and notably the opening story, 'The Vessel of Wrath', in which unexpected love grows between a devout missionary nurse and a drunken reprobate.
These classic short stories are linked by Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and his gift for revealing the drama beneath social surfaces. Across plantations, ships, drawing rooms and colonial outposts, he writes about desire, loneliness, self-deception, compromise and the revelations that disturb even the most carefully arranged lives.
A classic short story collection for readers of literary fiction, colonial fiction and twentieth-century classics, this volume shows Maugham's elegant storytelling at its most observant.
Across colonial outposts, drawing rooms and remote plantations, Maugham watches human weakness come quietly to light..
The stories in this second volume of W. Somerset Maugham's collected short fiction move from Malaya to America, England, Borneo, China, Russia and Central America.
They include some of Maugham's most famous tales: 'Flotsam and Jetsam', the story of an old woman trapped for years in a loveless marriage in the remote rubber plantations; 'The Man with the Scar'; and notably the opening story, 'The Vessel of Wrath', in which unexpected love grows between a devout missionary nurse and a drunken reprobate.
These classic short stories are linked by Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and his gift for revealing the drama beneath social surfaces. Across plantations, ships, drawing rooms and colonial outposts, he writes about desire, loneliness, self-deception, compromise and the revelations that disturb even the most carefully arranged lives.
A classic short story collection for readers of literary fiction, colonial fiction and twentieth-century classics, this volume shows Maugham's elegant storytelling at its most observant.
William Somerset Maugham, famous as novelist, playwright and short-story writer, 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 a view to practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to letters. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. His position as a successful playwright was being consolidated at the same time. His first play, A Man of Honour, was followed by a series of successes just before and after World War I, and his career in the theatre did not end until 1933 with Sheppey.
His fame as a short story writer began with The Trembling of a Leaf, subtitled Little Stories of the South Sea Islands, in 1921, after which he published more than ten collections. His other works include travel books such as On a Chinese Screen, and Don Fernando, essays, criticism, and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook.
In 1927, he settled in the south of France, and lived there until his death in 1965.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: | Collected Short Stories Volume 2 |
| Inhalt: | 532 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780099428848 |
| ISBN-10: | 0099428849 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Maugham, W. Somerset |
| Hersteller: |
Penguin Classics
Collected Short Stories Volume 2 |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com |
| Maße: | 197 x 129 x 37 mm |
| Von/Mit: | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 25.06.2002 |
| Gewicht: | 0,391 kg |
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