The Vagrant Mood: Six Essays
by W. Somerset Maugham
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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 Bondage , the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpen ce his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical The Summing U p and A Writer's Notebook . In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965.
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- Tarrington Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1203E021
- Title
- The Vagrant Mood: Six Essays
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 5.75 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm)
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- , Essays_Letters_Tracts
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- Essays, Letters & Tracts;
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