W. Somerset Maugham

The Moon and Sixpence

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The Moon and Sixpence is a fictional novel heavily influenced by the life of French painter Paul Gauguin. The novel is told first-person, dipping episodically into the mind of the artist. Charles Strickland...

The Magician

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Maugham wrote The Magician after meeting the famous magician and occultist Aleister Crowly in Paris. He caricatures Crowly as the protagonist Oliver Haddo, a magician who is attempting to create life. Crowly...

Liza of Lambeth

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Liza of Lambeth (1897) narrates Liza's last four months alive. She lives in a working-class area of London, and as the youngest of thirteen siblings she is left to look after their incompetent mother. She rejects...

The Essential W. Somerset Maugham Collection

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Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by W. Somerset Maugham

The Explorer

The Hero

The Land of Promise

The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia

Liza of Lambeth

The Magician...

Of Human Bondage: (A Modern Library E-Book)

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The first and most autobiographical of Maugham's masterpieces. It is the story of Philip Carey, an orphan eager for life, love and adventure. After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris...