W. Somerset Maugham

Broschiertes Buch

The Trembling of a Leaf

Little Stories of the South Sea Islands

Beschreibung

The Trembling of a Leaf by W. Somerset Maugham is a captivating collection of short stories set in the South Pacific. These tales explore the complexities of human nature, love, and ambition against the exotic backdrop of island life, revealing the delicate interplay between fate and desire.

Autor

William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. After losing both his parents by the age of 10, Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to become a lawyer like other men in his family, Maugham eventually trained and qualified as a physician. The initial run of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897), sold out so rapidly that Maugham gave up medicine to write full-time. During the First World War, he served with the Red Cross and in the ambulance corps, before being recruited in 1916 into the British Secret Intelligence Service, for which he worked in Switzerland and Russia before the October Revolution of 1917. During and after the war, he travelled in India and Southeast Asia; all of these experiences were reflected in later short stories and novels.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Daniel Natal
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 200g
• ISBN-13: 9798330279210
• Artikelnr.: 71255730