Somerset Maugham : a life / Jeffrey Meyers.
Somerset Maugham : a life / Jeffrey Meyers.
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Publisher
New York : Knopf, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N823.912/127
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 411 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Paris and King's School, 1874-1889 -- 2. Heidelberg and Medicine, 1890-1897 -- 3. Liza of Lambeth and Spain, 1897-1899 -- 4. Struggling Author, 1900-1904 -- 5. Bohemia and Frame, 1905-1908 -- 6. Sue Jones and Syrie, 1909-1915 -- 7. The Great War and Gerald Haxton, 1914-1916 -- 8. Secret Agent, 19...
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Publisher
New York : Knopf, 2004.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2004.
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Summary
"Meyers describes Joseph Conrad's influence on Maugham and Maugham's on George Orwell and V. S. Naipaul. He provides a fascinating portrait of a brilliant and complex man whose talent has held and dazzled a cultivated audience from the late Victorian era to the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET....
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Somerset Maugham : a life / Jeffrey Meyers.
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Somerset Maugham.
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Filmography: p. 398-400.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-397) and index.
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N823.912/127
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74Vv5v4wwZgM
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ISBN
0375414754
9780375414756
DDC
823.912
MMS ID
991017653899702626
