Cake and Ale, by W. Somerset Maugham, is a satirical and perceptive novel that explores the nature of literary fame, social hypocrisy, and the complexity of personal...
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil, by W. Somerset Maugham, is a poignant exploration of love, betrayal, and personal growth set against the backdrop of colonial China. The novel follows Kitty...
The Moon And Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence, by W. Somerset Maugham, is a novel inspired by the life of the painter Paul Gauguin and explores the conflict between conventional life and the pursuit of...
Of Human Bondage
The Narrow Corner is a novel by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham, published by William Heinemann in 1932.A quote from Meditations, iii 10, by Marcus Aurelius,[2] introduces...
B. J. Harrison Reads Rain
"Rain" is a short story by Somerset Maugham in which a missionary attempts to convert a prostitute and lead her away from her sinful life. The story takes place on a ship, which...
The Land Of Promise: A Comedy In Four Acts
When her employer dies, leaving her penniless, Nora Marsh decides to make her home with her brother Edward (Johnston) in Canada. She cannot, however, get along with her...
Liza Of Lambeth
Liza of Lambeth depicts the short life and death of Liza Kemp, an 18-year-old factory worker who lives with her aging mother in the fictional Vere Street off Westminster Bridge...
The Circle: A Comedy In Three Acts
At the beginning of the play, the house-proud Arnold Champion-Cheney is dreading the first visit of his mother and her new husband, who left England for Italy under the shadow of...
Mrs. Craddock
On her 21st birthday, when she comes into her deceased father's money, Bertha Ley announces, to the dismay of her former guardian, that she is going to marry 27-year-old Edward...
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage (1915) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is generally considered his masterpiece: though considered an autobiographical text, although Maugham stated:...
