Imprint: Vintage Classics
Published: 07/03/2002
ISBN: 9780099428862
Length: 576 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 36mm x 129mm
Weight: 394g
RRP: £10.99
This final classic collection of stories reveals Somerset Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Brilliant tales of love, infidelity, passion and prejudice, the stories range from 'The Lotus Eater' in which a man has a vision of a life of bliss in the Mediterranean, to the astringent tales of 'The Outstation' and 'The Back of Beyond' in Malaya and South East Asia. Largely set in favourite Maugham country, this colourful collection brilliantly evokes the numbered days of the British Empire.
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Published: 07/03/2002
ISBN: 9780099428862
Length: 576 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 36mm x 129mm
Weight: 394g
RRP: £10.99
"The short story was Maugham's true métier, and some of the stories he wrote are among the best in the language"
"One of my favourite writers"