William Somerset Maugham

THE SUMMING UP represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. His style is …

De bonte sluier is een roman uit 1925 van de Engelse schrijver William Somerset Maugham. De titel is ontleend aan een gedicht van Percy Bysshe Shelley: Lift not the painted veil which those who live/Call Life.

The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include "Flotsam and Jetsam," "The Man With the Sca,r" and "The Vessel of Wrath."For more than seventy years, …