W. Somerset Maugham: Collected Short Stories Volume 2 (2002)

ISBN: 9780099428848

W. Somerset Maugham: Collected Short Stories Volume 2 (2002)

ISBN: 9780099428848
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The stories in this collection move from Malaya to America and England, and include some of Maugham's most famous tales; 'Flotsam and Jetsam', the story of an old woman trapped for years in a loveless marriage in the remote rubber plantations; ...
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ISBN
9780099428848
Author
W. Somerset Maugham
Pages
544
Binding
Soft cover
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE
Date of publication
2002
Format
Book
Language
English
... 'The Man with the Scar', and notably the opening story 'The Vessel of Wrath', a tale of the unexpected love that grows between a devout missionary nurse and a drunken reprobate. In this second volume of his collected stories, Maugham illustrates hischaracteristic wry perception of human foibles and his genius for evoking compelling drama from an acute sense of time and place.