One of the most popular writers of Interwar Britain, W. Somerset Maugham earned vast sums as a playwright, novelist and master of the short story. His work is characterised by a clear unadorned style, cosmopolitan settings and a perceptive understanding of human nature. The novel 'Of Human Bondage' (1915) is generally regarded as his masterpiece, offering a semi-autobiographical account of a young medical student's painful progress toward maturity. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Maugham's complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare stories, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Maugham's life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* All 20 novels, with individual contents tables
* Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Rare short stories only available in this collection
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories
* Easily locate the stories you want to read
* The complete non-fiction
* Includes Maugham's celebrated plays
* Features two autobiographies, including the rare work STRICTLY PERSONAL — explore Maugham's literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
* UPDATED with 10 non-fiction books (now complete in non-fiction!)

CONTENTS:

The Novels
Liza of Lambeth (1897)
The Making of a Saint (1898)
The Hero (1901)
Mrs Craddock (1902)
The Merry-Go-Round (1904)
The Bishop's Apron (1906)
The Explorer (1908)
The Magician (1908)
Of Human Bondage (1915)
The Moon and Sixpence (1919)
The Painted Veil (1925)
Cakes and Ale (1930)
The Narrow Corner (1932)
Theatre (1937)
Christmas Holiday (1939)
Up at the Villa (1941)
The Hour Before the Dawn (1942)
The Razor's Edge (1944)
Then and Now (1946)
Catalina (1948)

The Short Stories
The Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham

The Plays
A Man of Honour (1904)
Lady Frederick (1907)
Jack Straw (1908)
Mrs Dot (1908)
Penelope (1909)
The Explorer (1909)
The Tenth Man (1910)
Landed Gentry (1910)
The Land of Promise (1913)
The Unknown (1920)
The Circle (1921)
Caesar's Wife (1919)
East of Suez (1922)

The Non Fiction
The Land of the Blessed Virgin (1905)
On a Chinese Screen (1922)
My South Sea Island (1922)
The Gentleman in the Parlour (1930)
Don Fernando (1935)
France at War (1940)
Books and You (1940)
Of Human Bondage, with a Digression on the Art of Fiction (1946)
Great Novelists and Their Novels (1948)
A Writer's Notebook (1949)
The Writer's Point of View (1951)
The Vagrant Mood (1952)
Why the British are Hated in Asia (1954)
Points of View (1958)

The Autobiographies
The Summing Up (1938)
Strictly Personal (1941)