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The Razor's Edge

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The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham that draws inspiration from the life of French artist Paul Gauguin. The story follows Charles Strickland, an English stockbroker who leaves his family and comfortable life in London to pursue painting in Paris. Strickland embodies the tension between creative obsession and personal turmoil.
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The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection - Volume One: 18 Novels and Stories from George Orwell, Ernest Hemingway, Virgina Woolf, Thomas Mann, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, & More
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Complete Short Stories, Volume Two
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Complete Short Stories, Volume Two
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Cakes and Ale
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Social climber Alroy Kear is flattered when he is selected by Edward Driffield’s wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined to write a bestseller. But then Kear discovers the great novelist’s voluptuous muse (and unlikely first wife), Rosie.
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Great character, a little slow towards the end
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Cakes and Ale
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The Razor's Edge
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The Great War changed everything and everyone, and Larry Darrell is no exception. Though his physical wounds from the war heal, his spirit is changed almost beyond recognition....
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The Razor's Edge
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The Summing Up
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William Somerset Maugham (1874�1965) was born at the height of British imperial power. When he died, the British Empire was all but a memory....
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Portrait of the artist as an old man
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The Summing Up
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A masterful production of Maugham's short stories.
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Liza of Lambeth
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William Somerset Maugham's remarkable first novel was such an instant success that the 23-year-old...
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Short Stories of William Somerset Maugham, Volume 1
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William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was born at the height of British Imperial power. When he died, the British Empire was all but a memory...
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Jewels!
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Short Stories of William Somerset Maugham, Volume 1
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Of Human Bondage
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Of Human Bondage is one of the greatest novels of modern times. It was published in 1914, when Maugham was at the height of his creative powers....
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Greatly Unsettling
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Of Human Bondage
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
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The Painted Veil
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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When beautiful but shallow young Kitty Fane's husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to a remote region of China ravaged by a cholera epidemic....
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What An Unexpected Delight!
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The Painted Veil
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- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 02-02-07
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Far Eastern Tales
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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Far eastern Tales is a collection of Maugham's short stories, all born of his experiences in Malaysia, Singapore, and other outposts of the former British Empire....
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As perfect a reading as I've ever heard
- By Ted on 05-30-16
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Far Eastern Tales
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 08-16-06
- Language: English
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Of Human Bondage
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 24 hrs and 51 mins
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Of Human Bondage follows Philip on his travels to Paris, London, and Germany, taking the listener on an adventure of discovery as his travels brings him new discoveries and emotional growth....
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Nearly Perfect
- By SusieCreamCheese on 08-04-19
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Of Human Bondage
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 24 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 11-28-17
- Language: English
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The Moon and Sixpence
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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This is the story of an artist who was willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of art....
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great, simply great
- By reggie p on 10-10-05
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The Moon and Sixpence
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-14-05
- Language: English
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On a Chinese Screen
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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In the winter of 1919 Somerset Maugham, at the age of 45, undertook an arduous journey up the Yangtze River in China....
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On a Chinese Screen
- By Bowman Brown on 04-04-24
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On a Chinese Screen
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 09-30-13
- Language: English
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Rain and Other Stories
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
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- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Somerset Maugham is one of the best-loved short story writers of the last 100 years....
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Rain Down on Me
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Rain and Other Stories
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 01-08-13
- Language: English
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The Painted Veil
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Sophie Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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This is the story of Kitty Fane, the adulterous wife of a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong....
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Amazing story
- By RtooDtoo on 02-28-10
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The Painted Veil
- Narrated by: Sophie Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 08-20-07
- Language: English
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The Moon And Sixpence
- By: W. Somerset Maugham
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
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Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter....
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Roman a clef-abominable french artist Paul Gauguin
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The Moon And Sixpence
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 11-25-08
- Language: English
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