W. Somerset Maugham

One of the most widely read novels of the 20th century, W. Somerset Maugham's masterpiece, Of Human Bondage, gives a harrowing depiction of unrequited love....

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

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

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

Far eastern Tales is a collection of Maugham's short stories, all born of his experiences in Malaysia, Singapore, and other outposts of the former British Empire....

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....

This is the story of Kitty Fane, the adulterous wife of a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong....

When noted English writer William Somerset Maugham set off for the South Seas to regain his health, he gathered the materials and wrote the stories represented here....

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 tragic-comedic play, history repeats itself in marital break-ups and proposals as exes, in-laws, and offspring spend a few days at a country manor....

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....

This is the story of an artist who was willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of art....

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La narrativa se desarrolla en un ambiente de conflictos políticos y luchas de poder, donde la esposa del general se convierte en una figura central, no solo...

El sacristán, un hombre de firme convicción y dedicación a su iglesia, se encuentra de repente en una encrucijada, enfrentándose a dilemas morales y...

Las Tres Gordas de Antibes es un relato corto ingenioso y divertido de Somerset Maugham, que combina humor y observación social aguda. Ambientada en la...