New York: Knopf, 2004 There is a small blue stain on the back of the dust jacket. 411 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).

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An instinctive and magnificent storyteller, Somerset Maugham was one of the most popular and successful writers of his time. He published seventy-eight books -- including the undisputed classics Of Human Bondage and The Razor's Edge -- which sold over 40 million copies in his lifetime. Born in Paris to sophisticated parents, Willie Maugham was orphaned at the age of ten and brought up in a small English coastal town by narrow-minded relatives. He was trained as a doctor, but never practiced medicine. His novel Ashenden, based on his own espionage for Britain in World War I, influenced writers from Eric Ambler to John le Carr?. After a failed affair with an actress, he married another man's mistress, but reserved his greatest love for a man who shared his life for nearly thirty years. He traveled the world and spoke several languages. Despite a debilitating stutter, and an acerbic and formal manner, he entertained literary celebrities and royalty at his villa in the south of France. He made a fortune from his writing--the short story "Rain" alone earned him a million dollars--yet true critical recognition, and the esteem of his literary peers, eluded him. The life of Somerset Maugham, as told by acclaimed biographer Jeffrey Meyers, is an intriguing, glamorous, complex, and extraordinary account of one of the twentieth century's most enduring writers.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Bookseller: Goulds Book Arcade (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 154357
Title: Somerset Maugham: A Life
Author: Meyers, Jeffrey
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
ISBN 10: 0375414754
ISBN 13: 9780375414756
Publisher: Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2004
Keywords: [[840G JPG BIOGRAPHY MEMOIR WRITERS LITERARY
Size: Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm)

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