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The first and most autobiographical of Maugham's masterpieces. It is the story of Philip Carey, an orphan eager for life, love and adventure. After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris as a would-be artist, he settles in London to train as a doctor where he meets Mildred, the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a tortured and masochistic affair.

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A young man struggling for self-realization, Philip Carey becomes caught up in a destructive love affair with a waitress, in the classic novel of sexual obsession, self-discovery, and the complexities of human relationships. Reissue.
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About the Author

W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He trained as a doctor in London where he started writing his first novels. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place for a number of writers, artists and politicians. He died in 1965.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780553902372
Publisher:
Bantam Books
Subject:
Fiction-Classics
Author:
W. Somerset Magham
Author:
Smiley, Jane
Author:
Maugham, W. Somerset
Author:
William Somerset Maugham
Author:
Maugham, William, Somerset
Subject:
Fiction : Classics
Subject:
British and irish fiction (fictional works by
Subject:
Novels and novellas
Subject:
Continental european
Subject:
General
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
main_subject
Subject:
all_subjects
Publication Date:
19910601
Binding:
ELECTRONIC
Language:
English
Pages:
628
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