Of Human Bondage

W. Somerset Maugham

评分 9.0分

One of the great novels of the twentieth century, Of Human Bondage tells a fascinating tale of sexual obsession. The story--taking its title from Spinoza’s Ethics: "Of human bondage, or the streng

The Painted Veil

W. Somerset Maugham

评分 8.9分

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 Tow

Ashenden

W. Somerset Maugham

评分 8.7分

A collection of stories rooted in Maugham's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity. 作者

The Moon and Sixpence

W. Somerset Maugham

评分 9.0分

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 free

The Razor's Edge

W. Somerset Maugham

评分 9.0分

Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of his spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brilliant characters - his fiancée Isabel whose choice be

On A Chinese Screen

W. Somerset Maugham

评分 8.2分

Maugham spent the winter months of 1919-20 travelling 1500 miles up the Yangtze River. Always more interested in people than places, he gave full rein to a sensitive and philosophical nature. On a

Mrs Craddock

W. Somerset Maugham

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A young woman, carried away by passion, sees a chance to escape a dull life and to experience true love. But she discovers that little in her marriage to the dutiful and sensible Edward meets her e

The Moon and Sixpence (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

W. Somerset Maugham

评分 9.0分

The Moon and Sixpence<.I>, published in 1919, was one of the novels that galvanized W. Somerset Maugham's reputation as a literary master. It follows the life of one Charles Strickland, a bou

65 Short Stories

W. Somerset Maugham

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The Bishop's Apron

W. Somerset Maugham

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