W. Somerset Maugham

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 brilliant characters....

Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England.....

With the South Seas as a background for such stories as "The Pacific", "Red", "Rain", and "The Pool", we experience scenes of passionate love, tragedy, and violence....

A breathtaking story of a woman marrying, growing up, bravely persevering, and seeing what traditionally was a man's point of view with the insights of a woman growing up in the same way....

Somerset Maugham is one of the best-loved short story writers of the last 100 years....

This anthology features a wide array of thought-provoking, genre-defining works from the 1900s, showcasing the range of modern storytelling—from existential musings to dark humour and intricate social commentary.

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Four is the fourth instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Four features 12 timeless works that largely focuses on the greats of American and British literature.

Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter....

Bertha Ley comes of age, inherits her father's money, and promptly marries a handsome, calm, and unimaginative man....

Crippled 16-year-old Catalina is the one person unable to join in the festivities of the Feast of the Assumption....

When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play....

At the age of twenty-three, Charlie Mason is endowed with good looks, good manners and a cheerful disposition....

William Somerset Maugham (January 25, 1874-December 16, 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. The following is a 1955 recording of a conversation between Maugham and British critic and journalist Alan Pryce-Jones.

In this elegant comedy of manners, Penelope O'Farrell discovers that her husband has been having an affair with an attractive married woman....

Philip Carey, un estudiante de medicina, se une a la camarera Mildred Rogers, una mujer sin escrupulos, cruel y sin ningun afecto ni moralidad....

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was....

After many years living abroad with her longtime lover, Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney visits her former marital home, now occupied by her son, Arnold, and his wife, Elizabeth....

When Cakes and Ale was first published in 1930 it roused a storm of controversy....

Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, 18-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street....

Maugham found a parallel to the turmoil of our own times in the duplicity, intrigue, and sensuality of the Italian Renaissance....