Collected Short Stories: Volume 4Penguin, 1 Μαρ 1993 - 464 σελίδες This final classic collection reveals Somerset Maugham’s unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships in tales of love, infidelity, passion and prejudice. The stories range from “The Lotus Eater” where a man envisions a life of bliss in the Mediterranean, to the astringent tales of “The Outstation” and “The Back of Beyond” in Malaya and South East Asia. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
Περιεχόμενα
THE BOOKBAG | 9 |
FRENCH | 42 |
THE FOUR DUTCHMEN | 50 |
THE BACK OF BEYOND | 56 |
P | 86 |
EPISODE | 115 |
THE KITE | 134 |
A WOMAN OF FIFTY | 156 |
AN OFFICIAL POSITION | 221 |
WINTER CRUISE | 239 |
MABEL | 256 |
PRINCESS SEPTEMBER | 269 |
A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE | 277 |
MIRAGE | 289 |
THE LETTER | 307 |
THE OUTSTATION | 338 |
MAYHEW | 173 |
SALVATORE | 190 |
A MAN WITH A CONSCIENCE | 202 |
THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN | 366 |
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