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Of Human Bondage

W. Somerset Maugham

Of Human Bondage is W. Somerset Maugham's 1915 masterpiece featuring the young Philip Carey. The work is considered autobiographical, though Maugham claims that most was "pure invention." The novel is..

The Moon and Sixpence

W. Somerset Maugham

This Maugham novel is based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told by the narrator as he gradually comes to know the main character Charles Strickland, a middle aged stock broker. ..

The Magician

W. Somerset Maugham

The Magician is a novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham, an English playwright, novelist, and short story writer. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a caricature of Aleister Crowley, ..

The Moon and Sixpence

W. Somerset Maugham

The Moon and Sixpence is a biographical fiction from the incidents in the life of Paul Gauguin, an artist and painter. Written by the English playwright William Somerset Maugham, and th..

The Painted Veil

W. Somerset Maugham

The Painted Veil is a 1925 novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham. The title is taken from Percy Bysshe Shelley's sonnet, which begins "Lift not the painted veil which those who live / Call Life"..