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W. Somerset Maugham
Kirjat ja teokset yhdessä paikassa: 366 kirjaa, julkaisuja vuosilta 1897–2026, suosituimpiin kuuluu Liza of Lambeth. Vertaile teosten hintoja ja tarkista saatavuus suomalaisista kirjakaupoista.
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366 kirjaa
Kirjojen julkaisuvuodet: 1897–2026.
The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child's bed. "Wake up, Philip," she said. She pulled down the bed-clothes, took him in her arms, and carried him downstairs. He was only half awake. "Your mother wants you," she said. She opened the door of a room on the floor below and took the child over to a bed in which a woman was lying. It was his mother. She stretched out her arms, and the child nestled by her side.
Liza of Lambeth
W. Somerset Maugham
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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It was the first Saturday afternoon in August; it had been broiling hot all day, with a cloudless sky, and the sun had been beating down on the houses, so that the top rooms were like ovens; but now with the approach of evening it was cooler, and everyone in Vere Street was out of doors. Vere street, Lambeth, is a short, straight street leading out of the Westminster Bridge Road; it has forty houses on one side and forty houses on the other, and these eighty houses are very much more like one another than ever peas are like peas, or young ladies like young ladies. They are newish, three-storied buildings of dingy grey brick with slate roofs, and they are perfectly flat, without a bow-window or even a projecting cornice or window-sill to break the straightness of the line from one end of the street to the other.
'She said she wasn't goin' to 'ave no more, when the last one come.' This remark came from Polly's husband. 'Ah, ' said the stout old lady, who was in the business, and boasted vast experience. 'That's wot they all says; but, Lor' bless yer, they don't mean it.' 'Well, I've got three, and I'm not goin' to 'ave no more bli'me if I will; 'tain't good enough-that's wot I says.' 'You're abaht right there, ole gal, ' said Polly, 'My word, 'Arry, if you 'ave any more I'll git a divorce, that I will.' At that moment an organ-grinder turned the corner and came down the street. 'Good biz; 'ere's an organ ' cried half a dozen people at once.
Included here are the noirish mystery The Sacred Flame, the hilarious satires The Circle, The Constant Wife, and Our Betters, and the sharp-witted drama Sheppey. Whether suspenseful or acerbically witty, these plays take a sly look at the idiosyncrasies and hypocrisies of their time.
Witty, comedic and engrossing, this second collection showcases the range of W. The delightful satires of marriage Lady Frederick and Home and Beauty are included here alongside the insightful war drama For Services Rendered, and Maugham's tense colonial drama The Letter.
Månen och Silverslanten (Kinesiska)
W. Somerset Maugham
Zhejiang Publishing House of literature and Art
2017
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Språk: Kinesiska First published in 1919, W. Somerset Maugham’s “The Moon and Sixpence” is an episodic first person narrative based on the life of Paul Gaugin. At the center of the novel is the story of Charles Strickland, an English banker who walks away from a life of privilege, abruptly abandoning his wife and children, in order to pursue his passion to become an artist.
The Moon and the Sixpence
W. Somerset Maugham
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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Rain and Other Stories. By: W. Somerset Maugham ( inc: 8 Stories )
W. Somerset Maugham
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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The Moon and Sixpence is a NOVEL By: W. Somerset Maugham (Original Version)
W. Somerset Maugham
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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'An Outpost of Progress' and 'The Outstation'
W. Somerset Maugham
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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Set immediately after the Great War in 1918. Maugham called it "a farce in three acts". After the death of her husband, William, the spoilt and beautiful Victoria married his best friend, Frederick. When William comes back after the war alive after all, each man can hardly wait to surrender her to the other. However, Victoria seems to have another admirer waiting in the wings.-7 women, 5 men
East of Suez A Play in Seven Scenes
W. Somerset Maugham
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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