The Collected Works: Novels, Short Stories, Plays and Travel Sketches (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. From South Sea Islands to empire: fiction, drama, and travel of the Edwardian and interwarBy William Somerset Maugham
Length147h 18m
About this audiobook
The Collected Works: Novels, Short Stories, Plays and Travel Sketches gathers the breadth of W. Somerset Maugham's art: the ironic social novel, the sharply turned tale, the theatrically poised drama, and the observant travel piece. Across works such as Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, and his South Seas stories, Maugham combines lucid prose, psychological acuity, and a classical sense of narrative proportion. Writing in the wake of Victorian realism yet alert to modern disillusionment, he fashioned a cosmopolitan literature of desire, self-deception, exile, and moral ambiguity. William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) was trained as a physician before becoming one of the most widely read English authors of the twentieth century, a background that sharpened his diagnostic eye for human weakness. His childhood in Paris, early orphanhood, medical work among the poor, wartime intelligence service, and extensive travels through Europe, Asia, and the Pacific all furnished the human variety and worldly skepticism that animate these works. This collection is recommended to readers seeking both literary elegance and narrative pleasure. It offers an indispensable panorama of Maugham's achievement and of a vanished international world rendered with wit, restraint, and penetrating sympathy.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length147 hrs 18 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2017
LanguageEnglish
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