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Books with author W. Somerset Maugham

  • The Razor's Edge

    W. Somerset Maugham

    Paperback (Vintage, Sept. 10, 2003)
    Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. The most ambitious of Maugham's novels, this is also one in which Maugham himself plays a considerable part as he wanders in and out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates.
  • Liza of Lambeth

    W. Somerset Maugham

    language (, May 17, 2012)
    This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
  • The Painted Veil

    W. Somerset Maugham

    Paperback (Vintage, Nov. 14, 2006)
    Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain in Hong Kong, she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love.The Painted Veil is a beautifully written affirmation of the human capacity to grow, to change, and to forgive.
  • Ashenden Or the British Agent

    Somerset Maugham

    eBook (Otbebookpublishing, March 20, 2020)
    Ashenden: Or the British Agent is a 1928 collection of loosely linked stories by W. Somerset Maugham. It is partly based on the author's experience as a member of British Intelligence in Europe during the First World War. (Wikipedia)
  • The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands

    W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

    eBook
    This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
  • The Hero

    W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

    eBook
    This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
  • The Painted Veil

    W. Somerset Maugham

    eBook (Vintage, Jan. 5, 2011)
    Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain in Hong Kong, she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love.The Painted Veil is a beautifully written affirmation of the human capacity to grow, to change, and to forgive.
  • Ashenden: or, The British Agent

    W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset)

    language (, April 9, 2020)
    A set of short stories, connected in theme, featuring Ashenden, “a writer by profession”, who is now a member of the British Secret Service. Like Ian Fleming, Somerset Maugham had himself been a secret agent!
  • Ashenden or The British Agent

    W. Somerset Maugham

    (Impress/Reader's Digest, July 6, 2006)
    2006: by W. Somerset Maugham- A book of fiction bases on the author's experience in the last war.
  • The Razor's Edge

    W. Somerset Maugham

    Hardcover (Doubleday, Doran, June 1, 1966)
    A novel of a man's search for the meaning of life and of his travels and the friends he encounters
  • The Razor's Edge

    W. Somerset Maugham

    Library Binding (San Val Bindery, Sept. 9, 2003)
    Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of his spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brilliant characters - his fiancee Isabel whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliott Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. Maugham himself wanders in and out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates.
  • The Razor's Edge

    W. Somerset Maugham

    eBook (Vintage Digital, Dec. 16, 2008)
    Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. The most ambitious of Maugham's novels, this is also one in which Maugham himself plays a considerable part as he wanders in and out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates.