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Creatures Of Circumstance

12 December 2018 W. Somerset Maugham 10

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Creatures Of Circumstance Creatures Of Circumstancebegins With An Explanation From The Author Telling How This Collection Came About He States That He Has Never Pretended To Be Anything But A Story Teller It Has Amused Me To Tell Stories And I Have Told A Great Many It Is A Misfortune For Me That The Telling Of A Story Just For The Sake Of The Story Is Not An Activity That Is In Favor With The Intelligentsia I Endeavor To Bear My Misfortunes With Fortitude The Short Stories In This Extraordinary Collection With The Exception Of One Were Written After The Close Of World War I Maugham Shrewdly And Brilliantly Exploited The Public Taste Of His Time To Put On Display The Changing Morality Of The Twentieth Century An Expert Storyteller, He Was Also A Master Of Fictional Technique.His Fiction Offers A Synthesis Of Pleasures In The Form Of Realism, Exoticism, Shrewd And Ironic Observation, Careful Craftsmanship, And Characteriation Among The Stories Included In Creatures Of Circumstance Are The Colonel S Lady, Flotsam And Jetsam, Sanatorium, Appearance And Reality, The Point Of Honor, A Woman Of Fifty, The Man From Glasgow, And The KiteW Somerset Maugham 1874 1965 Was An English Novelist And Playwright Maugham Was Famous As A Dramatist Before He Was Known For His Novels And Short Stories His Clarity Of Style, The Perfection Of His Form, The Subtlety Of His Thought, Veiled Thinly Behind A Worldly Cynicism Made Him An International Figure Among His Novels Are Of Human Bondage, The Moon And Sixpence, And The Raor S Edge.

William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874 He spoke French even before he spoke a word of English, a fact to which some critics attribute the purity of his style His parents died early and, after an unhappy boyhood, which he recorded poignantly in Of Human Bondage, Maugham became a qualified physician But writing was his true vocation For ten years before his first success, he almost l William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874 He spoke French even before he spoke a word of English, a fact to which some critics attribute the purity of his style His parents died early and, after an unhappy boyhood, which he recorded poignantly in Of Human Bondage, Maugham became a qualified physician But writing was his true vocation For ten years before his first success, he almost literally starved while pouring out novels and plays During World War I, Maugham worked for the British Secret Service He travelled all over the world, and made many visits to America After World War II, Maugham made his home in south of France and continued to move between England and Nice till his death in 1965

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  • Hardcover
  • 314 pages
  • Creatures Of Circumstance
  • W. Somerset Maugham
  • English
  • 12 December 2018
  • W. Somerset Maugham
  • 0405078536
W. Somerset Maugham

10 thoughts on “Creatures Of Circumstance ”

  1. Maureen Lo Maureen Lo says:
    [PDF] ✅ Creatures Of Circumstance ✈ W. Somerset Maugham – Cosmologychris.co.uk

    I am not really a fan of short stories but this collection is fascinating Maugham s reputation of being a good story teller shows here He wrote with ingenuity on human nature, how they react to the circumstances trusted upon them And how those choices shaped their l...

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  2. Angelina Angelina says:
    [PDF] ✅ Creatures Of Circumstance ✈ W. Somerset Maugham – Cosmologychris.co.uk

    If you do nothing else for the rest of your life, read his short story The Unconquered Then see for how long you were holding your breath, and how long it takes you to get your breath back.

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  3. Ray Noyes Ray Noyes says:
    [PDF] ✅ Creatures Of Circumstance ✈ W. Somerset Maugham – Cosmologychris.co.uk

    This may sound odd, but this book was one that I remember seeing as a child on my parents bookshelf, so that I d often wondered what it was like Reading it as an adult I realised why they may have had a copy it s just superb And what a title Aren t we all such creatures

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  4. Redwan amazigh Redwan amazigh says:
    [PDF] ✅ Creatures Of Circumstance ✈ W. Somerset Maugham – Cosmologychris.co.uk

    Maugham is to me a very special one whose books refreshed me and relaxed me till the end The clear impressions i carry about the author s style is that there is nothing to stop you enjoying the company of his charac...

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  5. Srikanth Kanakam Srikanth Kanakam says:
    [PDF] ✅ Creatures Of Circumstance ✈ W. Somerset Maugham – Cosmologychris.co.uk

    More than 100 years old.still a fantastic read.i wouldn t say short..just the right size for the context of the story.a style of story telling almost non existent today.

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  6. عُلا الفوارس عُلا الفوارس says:
    [PDF] ✅ Creatures Of Circumstance ✈ W. Somerset Maugham – Cosmologychris.co.uk

    i read a man of glasgow only from this collection and it was good

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  7. Lisa Lisa says:
    [PDF] ✅ Creatures Of Circumstance ✈ W. Somerset Maugham – Cosmologychris.co.uk

    Really intriguing short stories Some themes overlapped a bit but well worth the read.

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  8. caroline filler caroline filler says:
    [PDF] ✅ Creatures Of Circumstance ✈ W. Somerset Maugham – Cosmologychris.co.uk

    I love Maugham he is one of my favourites This is a collection of short stories He is a master of the short story, a form not as fashinable as it used to be Well worth anyone s time.

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