Collected Stories of W. Somerset Maugham: Introduction by Nicholas Shakespeare Hardcover - 2004
by W. Somerset Maugham; Introduction by Nicholas Shakespeare
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The only hardcover edition of short stories by one of the twentieth century's most enduringly popular fiction writers.
Though W. Somerset Maugham was also famous for his novels and plays, it has been argued that in thethe short story he reached the pinnacle of his artwas his true metier. These expertly told tales, with their addictive plot twists and vividly drawn characters, are both galvanizing as literature and wonderfully entertaining. In the adventures of his alter ego Ashenden, a writer who (like Maugham himself) turned secret agent in World War I, as well as in stories set in such far-flung locales as South Pacific islands and colonial outposts in Southeast Asia, Maugham brings his characters vividly to life, and their humanity is more convincing for the author's merciless exposure of their flaws and failures. Whether the chasms of misunderstanding he plumbs are those between colonizers and natives, between a missionary and a prostitute, or between a poetry-writing woman and her uncomprehending husband, Maugham brilliantly displays his irony, his wit, and his genius in the art of storytelling.
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- Title Collected Stories of W. Somerset Maugham: Introduction by Nicholas Shakespeare
- Author W. Somerset Maugham; Introduction by Nicholas Shakespeare
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 880
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Everyman's Library, New York
- Date 2004-07-06
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9781400042531 / 1400042534
- Weight 1.98 lbs (0.90 kg)
- Dimensions 8.26 x 5.22 x 1.8 in (20.98 x 13.26 x 4.57 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects British - Foreign countries
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004046931
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Library Journal, 09/01/2004, Page 204
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