Description
"The Vagrant Mood" is a brilliantly varied and colourful collection of essays. From Kant to Raymond Chandler; from the legend of Zurbaran to the art of the detective story; and, from Burke to Augustus Hare, Somerset Maugham brings his inimitable mastery of the incisive character sketch to the genre of literary criticism.
Another collection of sparkling essays by one of Britain's most neglected masters of the form
About the Author
William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to literature. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook. In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965
Reviews
One of the most cosmopolitan English writers * Washington Post *
One of my favourite writers -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A formidable talent, a formidable sum of talents...precision, tact, irony and total absence of pomposity * Spectator *
Book Information
ISBN 9780099286790
Author W. Somerset Maugham
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Vintage Classics
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 152g
Dimensions(mm) 200mm * 130mm * 12mm
Another collection of sparkling essays by one of Britain's most neglected masters of the form
About the Author
William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to literature. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook. In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965
Reviews
One of the most cosmopolitan English writers * Washington Post *
One of my favourite writers -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A formidable talent, a formidable sum of talents...precision, tact, irony and total absence of pomposity * Spectator *
Book Information
ISBN 9780099286790
Author W. Somerset Maugham
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Vintage Classics
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 152g
Dimensions(mm) 200mm * 130mm * 12mm
