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...

Oh! Oh! Oh! I thought with shuddering fascination of those dinner-parties von Maugham, W. Somerset

A rare glimpse into the mind of one of the most enigmatic of 20th century authors, autobiographical without being an autobiography. von Maugham, W. Somerset

In the dark days of the Spanish Inquisition, such a claim to blessedness has serious consequences, especially when Catalina seems more inclined to obey her heart than the demands of the Church. The last of Maugham's novels, Catalina is a...

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,...

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,...

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,...

Ein toter Engländer in einer Kleinstadt in Borneo, hingerafft von Tuberkulose und Opium. Ein goldenes Zigarettenetui. Und ein Packen Briefe, adressiert an eine schöne Frau: die ehrgeizige Lady Kastellan, ein Mittelpunkt der guten...