The W. Somerset Maugham reader : novels, stories, travel writing / edited by Jeffrey Meyers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.

Contributor:

Meyers, Jeffrey.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. 2004

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British--Foreign countries--Fiction.

British.

British--Foreign countries.

Maugham, William Somerset.

Local Subjects:

Maugham, William Somerset.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxxii, 545 pages, 7 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham ; New York : Taylor Trade Publishing : [Distributed by National Book Network], [2004]

Summary:

The W. Somerset Maugham Reader presents a full range of Maugham's literary capabilities, from his early works of social realism, to his dramatic tales of love and revenge, to his pieces on travel to exotic lands.

Contents:

from Liza of Lambeth (novel, 1897)

The Hero (novel, 1901)

from Mrs. Craddock (novel, 1902)

from The Land of the Blessed Virgin: Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia (travel, 1905)

from The Magician (novel, 1908)

from Of Human Bondage (novel, 1915)

from The Moon and Sixpence (novel, 1919)

from The Trembling of a Leaf: Stories of the South Sea Islands (stories, 1921)

from On a Chinese Screen (travel, 1922).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-545).

ISBN:

1589790723

9781589790728

OCLC:

53075991