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Razor's Edge
Häftad, 2000
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
139 kr
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Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic …
Of Human Bondage
100th Anniversary Edition
Av W. Somerset Maugham, Benjamin DeMott
Häftad, 2007
79 kr
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From a tormented orphan with a clubfoot, Philip Carey grows into an impressionable young man with a voracious appetite for adventure and knowledge. His cravings take him to Paris at age eighteen to try his hand at art, then back to London to study medicine. But even so, nothing can sate his nagging …
The Moon and Sixpence
Häftad, 2005
239 kr
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One of the novels that galvanized W. Somerset Maugham’s reputation as a literary master The Moon and Sixpence follows the life of one Charles Strickland, a bourgeois city gent whose dull exterior conceals the soul of a genius. Compulsive and impassioned, he abandons his home, wife, and children to …
Collected Stories
Inbunden, 2004
239 kr
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Though W. Somerset Maugham was also famous for his novels and plays, it has been argued that in the short story he reached the pinnacle of his art and it was his true métier. These expertly told tales, with their addictive plot twists and vividly drawn characters, are both galvanizing as literature …
Strandströvare : noveller om ett försvunnet söderhav
Av Herman Melville, Mark Twain m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
115 kr
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Söderhavet som litterärt landskap av Redaktör Ulf Johansson Dahre: Tänk att vara född som en så kallad vilde på en av Söderhavsöarna, att kunna njuta av den rena och obefläckade mänskliga existensen, J.W. GOETHE, 1828 Söderhavet, Romantiskt, mytiskt, äventyrligt. Att tala och skriva om Söderhavet …
Magikern
E-bok, 2022
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
129 kr
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Arthur Burdon är en framgångsrik läkare i sina bästa år och bor med sina vackra fästmö Margaret i Paris. En kväll på restaurangen Chien Noir blir de presenterade för en man vid namn Oliver Haddo. Han sägs vara magiker och gör starkt intryck på alla närvarande – inte bara på grund av sitt …
Summing Up
Häftad, 2001
141 kr
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Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing his private self, The Summing Up, written when Maugham was sixty-four, is an inimitable expression of a personal credo. It is not only a classic avowal of a professional author's ideas about style, literarture, art, …
Christmas Holiday
Häftad, 2001
139 kr
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W Somerset Maugham's classic coming-of-age Christmas tale of one man's descent into Paris' dark side. At the age of twenty-three, Charlie Mason is endowed with good looks, good manners and a cheerful disposition. Following three years at Cambridge and one working in his father's business, he is …
Of Human Bondage
Inbunden, 2015
208 kr
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After a lonely boyhood, and the painful ordeal of his schooldays, Philip's yearning for adventure takes him to Germany and later Paris where he tries to make his mark as an artist before returning to London to study medicine. Here, a tortured and one-sided love affair with Mildred, a vulgar yet …
Of Human Bondage - A Classic Novel of Love, Ambition, and the Search for Meaning in Life
Inbunden, 2010
485 kr
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Liza of Lambeth
Häftad, 2000
136 kr
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Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she is adored by the steady, loyal Tom. But then Liza meets Jim Blakeston, charming and worldy, new to the area, and married. Soon the streets are wise to their passionate affair and …
Cakes And Ale
Häftad, 2000
139 kr
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARECakes and Ale is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skilfully crafted study of freedom. As he traces the fortunes of Edward Driffield and his extraordinary wife Rosie, one of the most delightful heroines of …
Far Eastern Tales
Häftad, 2000
139 kr
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Far Eastern Tales is a collection of short stories born of Maugham's experiences in Malaya, Singapore and other outposts of the former British Empire. Whether portraying a ship-borne flight from a lover's curse, murder in the jungle, or a marriage shattered by a past indiscretion, they all reveal …
Moon And Sixpence
Häftad, 1999
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
139 kr
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Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. …
Of Human Bondage
Häftad, 2000
179 kr
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A masterpiece of modern literature that mirrors Maugham’s own career.Of Human Bondage is the first and most autobiographical of Maugham's novels. It is the story of Philip Carey, an orphan eager for life, love and adventure. After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris as a …
Gentleman In The Parlour
Häftad, 2001
162 kr
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUXSomerset Maugham's success as a writer enabled him to indulge his adventurous love of travel, and he recorded the sights and sounds of his wide-ranging journeys with an urbane, wry style all his own. The Gentleman in the Parlour is an account of the author's trip …
Ten Novels And Their Authors
Häftad, 2001
179 kr
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Maugham's studies of the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists are outstanding examples of literary criticism at its finest. Afforded here are some of the formulae of greatness in the genre, as well as the flaws and heresies which enfeeble it. Written by a master of fiction, "Ten Novels and …
Vagrant Mood
Häftad, 2001
179 kr
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"The Vagrant Mood" is a brilliantly varied and colourful collection of essays. From Kant to Raymond Chandler; from the legend of Zurbaran to the art of the detective story; and, from Burke to Augustus Hare, Somerset Maugham brings his inimitable mastery of the incisive character sketch to the genre …
Writer's Notebook
Häftad, 2001
165 kr
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From 1892, when he was eighteen, until 1949, when this book was first published, Somerset Maugham kept a notebook. It is without doubt one of his most important works. Part autobiographical, part confessional, packed with observations, confidences, experiments and jottings it is a rich and …
Theatre
Häftad, 2001
135 kr
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Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. On stage she is a true professional, in full possession of her emotions. Off stage, however, she is bored with her husband, less disciplined about her behaviour. She is at first amused by the attentions of a shy but ambitious young …
Catalina
Häftad, 2001
152 kr
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Crippled sixteen-year-old Catalina is the one person unable to join in the festivities of the Feast of the Assumption. But then she has a vision of the Virgin, and is miraculously cured. In the dark days of the Spanish Inquisition, such a claim to blessedness has serious consequences, especially …
Then And Now
Häftad, 2001
139 kr
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Maugham found a parallel to the turmoil of our own century in the duplicity, intrigue and sensuality of the Italian Renaissance. Then and Now enters the world of Machiavelli, and covers three important months in the career of that crafty politician, worldly seducer and high priest of schemers.
Painted Veil
Häftad, 2001
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139 kr
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Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townsend. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange and terrible vengeance: Kitty must …
Narrow Corner
Häftad, 2001
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135 kr
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On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past. Driven to shelter from a storm on the island of Kanda, the trio meet good-natured Erik Christessen and his fiancée, the cool …
