The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham..Maugham’s enchanting tale of secrets and fatal attraction The Magician is one of Somerset Maugham’s most complex and perceptive novels. Running through it is the theme of evil, deftly woven into a story as memorable for its action as for its astonishingly vivid set of characters. In fin de siecle Paris, Arthur and Margaret are engaged to be married. Everyone approves and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves—until the menacing and repulsive Oliver Haddo appears.
 

W. Somerset Maugham: Five Novels (Library of Essential Writers) by W. Somerset Maugham..In the novels of W. Somerset Maugham, outsiders dissatisfied with society and their prescribed roles in it seek fulfillment in the deeply personal quests. Though their travels take them to settings as different as the inner-city slums of London and the lush tropical island and Tahiti, ultimately their journeys are internal searches for self-understanding. The five works collected in t his omnibus - Liza of Lambeth, Mrs.

The W. Somerset Maugham Collection by W. Somerset Maugham..W. Somerset Maugham was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest-paid author during the 1930s. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest English writers ever. The W. Somerset Maugham Collection features:

The Verger by W. Somerset Maugham

The Summing Up by W. Somerset Maugham..Autobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo; both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft.

The Skeptical Romancer: Selected Travel Writing; Edited and Introduced by Pico Iyer by W. Somerset Maugham..W. Somerset Maugham was one of the seminal writers of the twentieth century, and his travel writing has long been considered among his finest work. Now, acclaimed travel writer Pico Iyer maps out a masterful tour of these vivid, evocative pieces that are collected here for the first time.

The Short Stories of William Somerset Maugham, Volume I by W. Somerset Maugham..A selection of short stories written by William Somerset Maugham. 3 cassette tapes (Unabridged: 3 hours, 42 minutes).This volume includes the following unabridged works with music and sound effects:THE OUTSTATION is the simple tale of two men who, locked in bitter enmity, must nevertheless somehow get along in a remote British colonial outpost in post World War I Borneo. Mr. Warburton is the classic Edwardian snob. His new assistant, Cooper, is a crude bully.

The Sacred Flame: A Play In Three Acts by W. Somerset Maugham..The Sacred Flame is the story about the misfortune of Maurice Tabret, previously a soldier of World War One who had returned home unscathed to marry his sweetheart Stella. Unfortunately, after only a year of marriage, Maurice is involved in a plane crash and left crippled from the waist down. The play commences some years later in Gatley House near London, home of Maurice's mother, Mrs. Tabret.

The Outstation by W. Somerset Maugham..Mr. Warburton watched the development of the situation with acrid humour. Cooper's clerk was unable to persuade Malay, Dyak or Chinese to enter the house of such a master. Abas, the boy who remained faithful to him, knew how to cook only native food, and Cooper, a coarse feeder, found his gorge rise against the everlasting rice. There was no water-carrier, and in that great heal he needed several baths a day. He cursed Abas, but Abas opposed him with sullen resistance and would not do more than he chose.

The Narrow Corner by W. Somerset Maugham..Filled with adventure, passion, and intrigue, The Narrow Corner is a classic tale of the sea by one of the twentieth-century's finest writers. Island hoping across the South Pacific, the esteemed Dr. Saunders is offered passage by Captain Nichols and his companion Fred Blake, two men who appear unsavory, yet any means of transportation is hard to resist. The trip turns turbulent, however, when a vicious storm forces them to seek shelter on the remote island of Kanda.