Collected Short Stories: Volume 1 - Softcover

William Somerset Maugham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140185895 ISBN 13: 9780140185898

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1992

Synopsis

These 30 short stories, comprising Somerset Maugham's first collection, are set in locations ranging from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. They include "Rain," "The Three Fat Women of Antibes," "The Voice of the Turtle," and "Before the Party."

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Review:

"Fascinating tales, sharply revealed characters, a fine narrative craft" (J.B. Priestley)

"He was a superb storyteller - one of the very best in our language - who wrote with a wordly, sardonic understanding of the human condition. Writing was his life; everything else was secondary to it" (Daily Mail)

Book Description:

The first volume of collected short stories, written by a master of the form

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0140185895
• ISBN 13: 9780140185898
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448