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William Somerset Maugham: The Greatest Works (The Giants of Literature - Book 23) - cover

William Somerset Maugham: The Greatest Works (The Giants of Literature - Book 23)

William Somerset Maugham

Casa editrice: e-artnow

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e-artnow presents to you the greatest short stories, novels and plays by one of the greatest writers of English literature. This edition includes:
Novels:
Liza of Lambeth
The Making of a Saint
The Hero
Mrs Craddock
The Merry-go-round
The Explorer (The Novel)
The Magician
The Canadian (The Land of Promise)
Of Human Bondage
The Moon and Sixpence
The Bishop's Apron
The Painted Veil
Short Story Collections:
Orientations:
The Punctiliousness of Don Sebastian
A Bad Example
De Amicitia
Faith
The Choice of Amyntas
Daisy
The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands:
The Pacific
Mackintosh
The Fall of Edward Barnard
Red
The Pool
Honolulu
Rain
Envoi
The Casuarina Tree:
Before the Party
P. & O.
The Outstation
The Force of Circumstance
The Yellow Streak
The Letter
Other Short Stories:
A Marriage of Convenience
The Happy Couple
The Mother
Red
The Taipan
Jane
Mayhew
German Harry
In a Strange Land
The Luncheon
The Round Dozen
The Happy Man
Mr Know-All
The Ant and the Grasshopper
The End of the Flight
The Consul
The Creative Impulse

Plays
A Man of Honour
Lady Frederick
The Explorer
The Circle
Caesar's Wife
Penelope
Mrs. Dot
Landed Gentry
East of Suez
Travel Sketches:
The Land of the Blessed Virgin: Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia
On A Chinese Screen
Disponibile da: 17/05/2022.
Lunghezza di stampa: 4364 pagine.

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