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The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include Flotsam and Jetsam, The Man With the Sca,r and The Vessel of Wrath.

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Collected Short Stories Volume 2

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    A Paperback by W. Somerset Maugham

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      Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/15/1992 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780140185904, 978-0140185904
      ISBN10: 0140185909

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      Book Synopsis
      The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include Flotsam and Jetsam, The Man With the Sca,r and The Vessel of Wrath.

      For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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