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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Liza of Lambeth
W. Somerset Maugham
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R421
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Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham
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R1,204
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The Hero (Hardcover)
W. Somerset Maugham
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R776
Discovery Miles 7 760
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The Moon and Sixpence (Hardcover)
Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham, W. Somerset Maugham; Edited by 1stworld Library
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R625
Discovery Miles 6 250
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I confess that when first I made acquaintance with Charles
Strickland I never for a moment discerned that there was in him
anything out of the ordinary. Yet now few will be found to deny his
greatness. I do not speak of that greatness which is achieved by
the fortunate politician or the successful soldier; that is a
quality which belongs to the place he occupies rather than to the
man; and a change of circum-stances reduces it to very discreet
proportions. The Prime Minister out of office is seen, too often,
to have been but a pompous rhetorician, and the General without an
army is but the tame hero of a market town. The greatness of
Charles Strickland was authentic. It may be that you do not like
his art, but at all events you can hardly refuse it the tribute of
your interest. He disturbs and arrests. The time has passed when he
was an object of ridicule, and it is no longer a mark of
eccentricity to defend or of perversity to extol him. His faults
are accepted as the necessary complement to his merits. It is still
possible to discuss his place in art, and the adulation of his
admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of
his detractors; but one thing can never be doubtful, and that is
that he had genius. To my mind the most interesting thing in art is
the personality of the artist; and if that is singular, I am
willing to excuse a thousand faults. I suppose Velasquez was a
better painter than El Greco, but custom stales one's admiration
for him:
"Though Aleister Crowley served as the model for Oliver Haddo, it
is by no means a portrait of him. I made my character more striking
in appearance, more sinister and more ruthless than Crowley ever
was. I gave him magical powers that Crowley, though he claimed
them, certainly never possessed. Crowley, however, recognized
himself in the creature of my invention, for such it was, and wrote
a full-page review of the novel in "Vanity Fair," which he signed
'Oliver Haddo.' I did not read it, and wish now that I had. I
daresay it was a pretty piece of vituperation, but probably, like
his poems, intolerably verbose." -- W. Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage is one of the greatest novels ever written. Philip
Carey is an orphan with a clubfoot, he grows up to love books and
struggles trying to understand why life has been so cruel to him.
Then he falls in love, and his life changes forever.
The Moon and Sixpence, originally published in 1919, is based on
the life of the artist Paul Gauguin. The story is told in episodic
form by the first-person narrator as a series of glimpses into the
life of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle-aged
English stockbroker who abandons his wife and children to pursue
painting.
The Moon and Sixpence, originally published in 1919, is based on
the life of the artist Paul Gauguin. The story is told in episodic
form by the first-person narrator as a series of glimpses into the
life of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle-aged
English stockbroker who abandons his wife and children to pursue
painting.
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