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Maugham William Somerset Short Stories
The definitive selection of Maugham's best short stories - gorgeously rejacketed in our new series style "The modern writer who has influenced me the most." - George Orwell "One of my favourite writers." - Gabriel Garcia Marquez "A writer of great dedication." - Graham Greene
2670 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset Best Short Stories
Reading the stories of Somerset Maugham is rather like curling up and up listening to the delicious, risque tales of an old, dear and rather wicked friend. You turn the pages and enter a magical world of fabulous characters, are transported to the very place, the villa, the street, the bar, of which he writes. This Macmillan Collector's Library selection features ten of his finest and most vivid stories: 'The Letter', 'The Verger', 'The Vessel of Wrath', 'The Book-Bag', 'The Facts of Life', 'Lord Mountdrago', 'The Colonel's Lady', 'The Treasure', 'Rain' and 'P&O'. This elegant edition of W. Somerset Maugham's Best Short Stories features an afterword by writer and journalist Ned Halley. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
3706 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset Stories
В книгу вошли рассказы знаменитого английского писателя У. С. Моэма. Разнообразные упражнения к рассказам направлены на расширение словарного запаса учащихся, приобретение навыков перевода и умение выражать свою точку зрения на английском языке. Все рассказы и фонетические упражнения записаны на компакт-диск, что позволит школьникам и студентам совершенствовать свое произношение, привыкать к звучанию живой английской речи и воспринимать содержание текста на слух. Книга предназначена для старших классов школ с углубленным изучением английского языка, студентов и широкого круга людей, самостоятельно изучающих английский язык.
540 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset Collected Short Stories Volume 1
The first volume of collected short stories, written by a master of the form This classic collection of stories moves from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. It includes the famous story 'Rain', the tragedy of a narrow-minded and overzealous missionary and a prostitute, and 'The Three Fat Women of Antibes,' an extravagantly sardonic tale of abstention and greed, as well as a host of other brilliant tales.
3489 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset Collected Short Stories. Volume 2
The second collection of Maugham's celebrated stories The stories in this collection move from Malaya to America and England, and include some of Maugham's most famous tales; 'Flotsam and Jetsam', the story of an old woman trapped for years in a loveless marriage in the remote rubber plantations; 'The Man with the Scar', and notably the opening story 'The Vessel of Wrath', a tale of the unexpected love that grows between a devout missionary nurse and a drunken reprobate. In this second volume of his collected stories, Maugham illustrates his characteristic wry perception of human foibles and his genius for evoking compelling drama from an acute sense of time and place.
3894 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset Collected Short Stories. Volume 3
The third collection of Maugham's famous short stories. The third volume of Somerset Maugham's Collected Short Stories, introduced by the author, contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in World War I. Based on Maugham's own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland, the stories are vignettes in which he dramatises both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and brutality. Accountable only to 'R', Ashenden travels all over the Continent on assignments which entangle him with such characters as the traitor Grantley Caypor, the passionate Guilia Lazzari, and the sinister 'hairless Mexican'.
3571 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset Collected Short Stories. Volume 4
The final collection of Maugham's marvellous stories This final classic collection of stories reveals Somerset Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Brilliant tales of love, infidelity, passion and prejudice, the stories range from 'The Lotus Eater' in which a man has a vision of a life of bliss in the Mediterranean, to the astringent tales of 'The Outstation' and 'The Back of Beyond' in Malaya and South East Asia. Largely set in favourite Maugham country, this colourful collection brilliantly evokes the numbered days of the British Empire.
1736 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset Collected Stories
Though W. Somerset Maugham was also famous for his novels and plays, it has been argued that in thethe short story he reached the pinnacle of his artwas his true mйtier. These expertly told tales, with their addictive plot twists and vividly drawn characters, are both galvanizing as literature and wonderfully entertaining. In the adventures of his alter ego Ashenden, a writer who (like Maugham himself) turned secret agent in World War I, as well as in stories set in such far-flung locales as South Pacific islands and colonial outposts in Southeast Asia, Maugham brings his characters vividly to life, and their humanity is more convincing for the author's merciless exposure of their flaws and failures. Whether the chasms of misunderstanding he plumbs are those between colonizers and natives, between a missionary and a prostitute, or between a poetry-writing woman and her uncomprehending husband, Maugham brilliantly displays his irony, his wit, and his genius in the art of storytelling.
6019 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset The letter. Stories
Выдающийся мастер английской прозы XX века Уильям Сомерсет Моэм, автор знаменитых романов "Театр", "Луна и грош", "Бремя страстей человеческих", написал около сотни коротких рассказов. Философское осмысление жизни, нетрадиционный взгляд на события и поступки людей, тонкие психологические характеристики героев делают рассказы Моэма интересными современному читателю. Предлагаем вниманию читателей неадаптированный текст рассказов на языке оригинала, снабженный комментариями и словарем.
315 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset 10 Short Masterpieces
Вниманию читателей предлагается сборник самых популярных рассказов современного классика английской литературы Сомерсета Моэма. Увлекательные сюжеты, психологическая глубина и языковое мастерство принесли автору заслуженную мировую славу. На его произведениях обучаются языку в десятках стран. Издание рассчитано на широкий круг лиц, изучающих английский язык.
308 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset More Far Eastern Tales
A collection of powerful short stories from a master of the form, W Somerset Maugham From the love affair between a missionary and a drunkard to the mystery surrounding a death at sea, this collection gives a warm and humourous insight into life and history of life in the colonies and stands as a superbly entertaining and compelling testament to Maugham's skill and power as a short story writer.
2660 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset Catalina
Crippled sixteen-year-old Catalina is the one person unable to join in the festivities of the Feast of the Assumption. But then she has a vision of the Virgin, and is miraculously cured. 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 romantic celebration of Spain and a delightfully mischievous satire on absolutism.
3288 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset Ashenden
Maugham's set of stories about his wartime spy John Ashenden, who prefigured James Bond with his exploits with exotic enemies and exotic women When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. Multilingual, knowledgeable about many European countries and a celebrated writer, Maugham had the perfect cover, and the assignment appealed to his love of romance, and of the ridiculous. The stories collected in Ashenden are rooted in Maugham's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity.
3288 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset Theatre
Вниманию читателей предлагается наиболее известный и читаемый роман классика современной английской литературы Сомерсета Моэма. Увлекательный сюжет, психологическая глубина и языковое мастерство принесли автору заслуженную славу. Роман повествует о сложной судьбе талантливой актрисы, побеждающей в борьбе за личное счастье и независимость и успешно преодолевающей творческий кризис. Данное произведение часто используется во многих странах мира в качестве пособия для изучения современного английского языка. Издание рассчитано на массового читателя.
285 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset Theatre
Уильям Сомерсет Моэм - один из выдающихся английских писателей начала XX века, подаривший миру множество пьес, эссе и романов. Среди последних - "Театр" - произведение, в котором есть место улыбке и печали, быту и глубочайшей философии, любви предательству, низости и наивности, нищете и роскоши, корысти и преданности. Стройный сюжет, четкость фраз, простота и в то же время красота языка - вот что выделяет Моэма среди многих новеллистов своего времени и что заставляет читателя закрыть книгу только один раз - на последней странице... Предлагаем вниманию читателей неадаптированный текст романа на языке оригинала, снабженный комментариями и словарем.
540 Руб.
Maugham William Somerset Theatre
Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. On stage she is a true professional, in full possession of her emotions. Off stage, however, she is bored with her husband, less disciplined about her behaviour. She is at first amused by the attentions of a shy but ambitious young fan, then thrilled by his persistence - and at last wildly but dangerously in love Although Maugham is most celebrated as a novelist and short-story writer, it was as a playwright that he first knew success. Theatre is both a tribute to a world from which he had retired and a persuasive testimony to his enthusiasm for drama and the stage.
2300 Руб.