Collected Short Stories: Volume 1These 30 short stories, comprising Somerset Maugham's first collection, are set in locations ranging from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. They include "Rain," "The Three Fat Women of Antibes," "The Voice of the Turtle," and "Before the Party." For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
Contents
RAIN | 9 |
THE FALL OF EDWARD BARNARD | 46 |
HONOLULU | 75 |
THE LUNCHEON | 97 |
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER | 101 |
HOME | 105 |
THE POOL | 110 |
MACKINTOSH | 144 |
THE ESCAPE | 309 |
THE JUDGEMENT SEAT | 313 |
MR KNOWALL | 317 |
THE HAPPY MAN | 323 |
THE ROMANTIC YOUNG LADY | 327 |
THE POINT OF HONOUR | 336 |
THE POET | 350 |
THE MOTHER | 354 |
APPEARANCE AND REALITY | 175 |
THE THREE FAT WOMEN OF ANTIBES | 189 |
THE FACTS OF LIFE | 202 |
GIGOLO AND GIGOLETTE | 219 |
THE HAPPY COUPLE | 235 |
THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE | 248 |
THE LIONS SKIN | 263 |
THE UNCONQUERED | 284 |
A MAN FROM GLASGOW | 367 |
BEFORE THE PARTY | 377 |
LOUISE | 400 |
THE PROMISE | 406 |
A STRING OF BEADS | 412 |
THE YELLOW STREAK | 418 |
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