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Far and Wide. Nine Novels (The Companion Book Club) - W. Somerset Maugham
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Far and Wide. Nine Novels by W. Somerset Maugham Selected by the Author. 2 vols. London: The Companion Book Club, 1955. Besides first editions, from time to time I get drawn to some copies that may have nothing special "bibliographically," but just that they are pleasing to the eye. It is an aesthetic pleasure that is hard to explain.Such is what I felt when I lay eyes on these two volumes: Far and Wide published by The Companion Book Club…
Up At the Villa (1941) by W. Somerset Maugham – Analysis
Up At the Villa by W. Somerset MaughamUp At the Villa (New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1941) It has been quite some years since I first read Up At the Villa. Not one of the more prominent among W. Somerset Maugham's books and I wasn't very impressed by it. Nevertheless, now, after being more familiar with his works as a whole, the novel gives a very different feel.Barely over 200 pages, Up At the Villa is a page turner. It is meticulously constructed and one can see with what ease…