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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.

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The short story was Maugham's true métier, and some of the stories he wrote are among the best in the language -- Anthony Burgess
One of my favourite writers -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Collected Short Stories Volume 4

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    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 07/03/2002
    ISBN13: 9780099428862, 978-0099428862
    ISBN10: 0099428865
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    Anthologies & Short Stories Contemporary Fiction W Somerset Maugham Books by W Somerset Maugham

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    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.

    Trade Review
    The short story was Maugham's true métier, and some of the stories he wrote are among the best in the language -- Anthony Burgess
    One of my favourite writers -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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