William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine,...

A coming-of-age novel that moves from genteel British society to the grim underworld of Paris before the war. Following three years at Cambridge and one working in his father's business, he is looking forward to a jaunt in Paris with one...

Now a major motion picture from USA Films starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sean Penn, and director Philip Haas (director of Angels and Insects). In Up at the Villa, W. Somerset Maugham portrays a wealthy young English woman who finds...

Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townsend. But when Walter discovers her...

Liebe, Eifersucht und Tod, das Aufbegehren gegen das Schicksal und die Verzweiflung über die eigene Unzulänglichkeit - Maugham schrieb über die großen Themen der Menschheit. Seine scharfe Beobachtungsgabe, der klare Stil, leise Ironie...

Maugham's greatest popular novel tells the story of Larry Darrell, an attractive and enigmatic American who forsakes bourgeois society to live a life dedicated to the pursuit of truth and meaning. von Maugham, W. Somerset

The definitive selection of Maugham's best short stories, rejacketed in the new series style. 'His plots are cool and deadly, and his timing is absolutely flawless' "Raymond Chandler" von Maugham, W. Somerset

In Der BüchersackRegen wohl bekanntesten Erzählung von W. Somerset Maugham, reist der Ich-Erzähler nie ohne großen Büchervorrat durch die Welt - aus Angst vor langweiligen Gesprächen. Doch in einem kleinen Outpost in den malaiischen...

William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine,...

Britisch ist er durch und durch, doch in die Schablone des nächtlich spionierenden Agenten lässt er sich nicht pressen: Ashenden. Ein gemütliches Kaminfeuer schätzt er über alles und wehe, wenn ihn einer abends in der Badewanne stört. Im...

Auf der Rückreise von einer entlegenen Pazifik-Insel trifft Dr. Saunders auf den undurchsichtigen Kapitän Nichols. Nichols kommt aus Australien und ist in Begleitung von Fred Blake, der vor der Justiz flieht. Auf der gemeinsamen...

'She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference'Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with...