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28 produkter
Häftad, Kinesiska, 2021
192 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2007
299 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2007
153 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2009
308 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2009
308 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 202214 kr
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The Moon and Sixpence, is a fictionalized biography of the artist Paul Gauguin. The stand-in character for Gauguin is Charles Strickland, who deserts his wife and children to become a painter. In Paris, he is indifferent to the friendship offered by a fellow artist, Dirk Stroeve. Strickland devastates those around him by running away with Blanche, Stoeve''s wife, who has fallen in love with him.
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
131 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2008
140 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2023
219 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 201528 kr
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"The Circle" is a comedy in three acts. Young Lady Catherine is to leave her husband (and her son Arnold) in favour of her lover. 30 years later, young Elizabeth (Eleanor Boardman) is facing the same choice between her husband (the now grown Arnold, and lover. In the meantime, Arnold''s mother Lady Catherine and lover Lord Porteous are coming to visit.
E-bok
Engelska, 201528 kr
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Liza of Lambeth (1897) was W. Somerset Maugham''s first novel, which he wrote while working as a doctor at a hospital in Lambeth,then a working class district of London. It depicts the short life and death of Liza Kemp, an 18-year-old factory worker who lives together with her ageing mother in the fictional Vere Street off Westminster Bridge Road in Lambeth. It gives the reader an interesting insight into the everyday lives of working class Londoners at the turn of the century. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
E-bok
Engelska, 201528 kr
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Most readers of the novels and plays of Somerset Maugham will not immediately associate him with Canada; he did, however, travel to western Canada once, in December 1912, to do research for his drama The Land of Promise, first performed in the United States in December 1913 and first published in London in 1913.
E-bok
Engelska, 201528 kr
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"The Explorer" is a story of the proud Allertons whose fortune has been squandered, and whose three-hundred-year estate Hamlyn''s Purlieu stands to be lost to the family. Lucy and George Allerton, brother and sister, are resolved to overcome the mistakes of their father, Fred Allerton. A powerful exploration of relationships and familial bonds by a true master of the human psyche.
E-bok
Engelska, 201528 kr
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The Magician is a novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham, originally published in 1908. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a caricature of Aleister Crowley, attempts to create life. Maugham wrote The Magician in London, after he had spent some time living in Paris, where he met Aleister Crowley. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)"
E-bok
Engelska, 201528 kr
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After working in British Intelligence during World War I, William Somerset Maugham set off to regain his health by traveling to Asia, Mexico, and the Pacific Islands. During this trip he gather materials and wrote the stories that appeared in 1921 in "The Trembling of a Leaf".
E-bok
Engelska, 201528 kr
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The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W Somerset Maugham, told in episodic form by a first-person narrator, in a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character Charles Strickland, a middle-aged eng stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. The story is said to be loosely based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin.(Excerpt from Wikipedia)
E-bok
Engelska, 201528 kr
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The narrator and central figure is Filippo Brandolini. He tells the story of his young-adult life--romance and adventure. Filippo joins forces with friends Checco and Mateo to overthrow Giralomo Riario, who rules over and exploits the town of Forli. Giralomo falls; Checco and Mateo fall; ultimately, Filippo is a wreck of a man, living out his life as a monk, and hoping for the earliest available death. The people of Forli demonstrate a conspicuous lack of loyalty. The worst character in the book is the Pope''s representative, Savello, a hypocrite of the first water and a murderer: To coerce Caterina, the widow of the slain Giralomo, Savello is willing, in Caterina''s presence, to hang her innocent children.
E-bok
Engelska, 201528 kr
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"The Land of The Blessed Virgin" Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia is a travelogue of Somerset Maugham''s travels in Spain.
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
214 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 201928 kr
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Mrs Craddock is a novel by William Somerset Maugham first published in 1902. Set in the final years of the 19th century, Mrs Craddock is about a young and attractive woman of independent means who marries beneath her. As he had written about a subject that was considered daring at the time, Maugham had some difficulty finding a publisher. (Wikipedia)
E-bok
Engelska, 201928 kr
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Somerset Maugham was one of the world''s most prolific and popular authors. He wrote with great facility and at one time had four plays running simultaneously in four different London theaters. The "merry-go-round" was his term for London at the turn of the century. His narrator, Miss Ley, is a shrewd and amusing elderly spinster, something like Maugham in drag. A born commentator, she acts like a Greek chorus. The world may be mad, she seems to say, but it is amusing. (Wikipedia)
E-bok
Engelska, 202028 kr
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On a Chinese Screen, also known as On a Chinese Screen: Sketches of Life in China, is a travel book by W. Somerset Maugham, first published in 1922. It is a series of short sketches Maugham made during a trip along the Yangtze River in 1919-1920, and although ostensibly about China the book is equally focused on the various westerners he met during the trip and their struggles to accept or adapt to the cultural differences they encounter, which are often as enormous and as alienating as the country itself. (Wikipedia)
E-bok
Engelska, 202028 kr
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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)
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
147 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2019
177 kr
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E-bok
Arabiska, 202572 kr
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This novel is considered one of the literary gems of the English writer William Somerset Maugham, who is considered one of the leading voices in early twentieth-century English literature and one of the highest-grossing writers of the 1930s. Maugham, known for his diverse works ranging from novels, plays, and political books, derived inspiration for his writings from his acute observations of people during his many travels, which gave his works a distinctive realistic character.After the success of his first novel, Maugham turned to writing plays, and despite repeated rejection from theater directors for his comic novels, he did not give up and continued until he achieved great success with "Lady Frederick," a play that tells the story of a young man who falls in love with an older woman. Several other sitcoms followed, all of which were huge successes.With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Maugham joined the British Military Medical Service in France, then moved to work within British Intelligence, where he was inspired by his experiences there to write his novel "When I Was a Spy". This novel shows another dimension of Maugham''s multi-talentedness and the impact of his personal experiences on His literary works.
E-bok
Arabiska, 202571 kr
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In this novel, the English writer Somerset Maugham dives into the depths of marital drama and explores the complexities of human relationships under the pressures of betrayal and moral crises. The novel''s events revolve around Kitty, the wife of Dr. Walter Finn, a bacteriological researcher working in Hong Kong, one of Britain''s colonies. Kitty falls for Townsend, the charismatic and eloquent lieutenant governor, and finds herself involved in a forbidden affair that embodies the seventh sin, adultery, referred to in the Torah.This internal and external conflict interacts as the husband discovers her betrayal, and presents her with harsh choices: either she accompanies him to a cholera outbreak area, or she faces a public scandal. In his novel, Maugham highlights the different dimensions of the human soul, showcasing weakness, passion, and betrayal. The novel is full of tension and moral questions, as situations fluctuate between mercy and revenge, and between love and deception."The Seventh Sin" provides an in-depth analysis of the relationships and moral challenges the characters face. Through his rich text and complex characters, Maugham explores what success and failure are like in married life and how choices can determine our destinies. This work forces the reader to consider the true nature of love, loyalty, and sacrifice, providing a beautifully crafted narrative that leaves a lasting impact on the mind.
E-bok
Arabiska, 202473 kr
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The famous English novelist Somerset Maugham raises in this novel an issue that is dear to him, and which he has dealt with repeatedly in many works, which is the issue of religion and man''s relationship with the Creator, Glory be to Him, and among these works are his novels "The Edge of the Razor," "The Bondage of Man," and "The Colored Mask." , and "The Seventh Sin."The events take place on the tropical islands, where a fanatical priest imposed his control in the name of God. He met a flirtatious prostitute and besieged her until she surrendered to him, then he fell into sin with her (he lusted for her all the time without knowing it), and then he committed suicide and the prostitute screamed that all men are pigs. The hero of the novel wanted to guide the prostitute whom he saw as lost - from his narrow perspective - and because his faith He was false. He fell into sin and punished himself by committing suicide.The novel concludes with this poignant ending that Somerset Maugham wanted: "He realized that Davidson had guided him to love this woman, as much as he had gone to extremes in persecuting her... He realized that he was throwing himself into the arms of sin at the time he was struggling to save this woman from its clutches. He realized that the man who struggled to save the prostitute from the darkness of sin and purify her from the filth of vice had lost his resolve at the end of the struggle, so he himself surrendered to sin, and after that he refused to do anything but atone for his sin with his blood.