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The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham

Af: Selina Hastings Engelsk Paperback

The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham

Af: Selina Hastings Engelsk Paperback
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For nearly sixty years Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most famous writers in the world. An enormously successful playwright and the author of over a hundred short stories and twenty-one novels - several of which are now established classics - Maugham expertly concealed a private life. Predominantly homosexual, and deeply in love with the charming but dissolute Gerald Haxton, he made a disastrous marriage to Syrie Wellcome which he would escape by travelling and writing extensively in the Far East. A talented linguist, during both world wars Maugham worked for British Intelligence. In between he moved in literary and theatrical circles in London, New York and Hollywood and entertained lavishly at his luxurious villa in the south of France. Outwardly his life was richly rewarding, but privately he suffered anguish from an unrequited love affair and a shocking final betrayal.

Acclaimed biographer Selina Hastings has had access to Maugham''s extensive private correspondence as well as to important family testimony, which sheds a fascinating new light on this complex and extraordinary man.

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For nearly sixty years Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most famous writers in the world. An enormously successful playwright and the author of over a hundred short stories and twenty-one novels - several of which are now established classics - Maugham expertly concealed a private life. Predominantly homosexual, and deeply in love with the charming but dissolute Gerald Haxton, he made a disastrous marriage to Syrie Wellcome which he would escape by travelling and writing extensively in the Far East. A talented linguist, during both world wars Maugham worked for British Intelligence. In between he moved in literary and theatrical circles in London, New York and Hollywood and entertained lavishly at his luxurious villa in the south of France. Outwardly his life was richly rewarding, but privately he suffered anguish from an unrequited love affair and a shocking final betrayal.

Acclaimed biographer Selina Hastings has had access to Maugham''s extensive private correspondence as well as to important family testimony, which sheds a fascinating new light on this complex and extraordinary man.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 640
ISBN-13: 9780719565557
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0719565553
Udg. Dato: 8 jul 2010
Længde: 42mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: John Murray Press
Oplagsdato: 8 jul 2010
Forfatter(e): Selina Hastings
Forfatter(e) Selina Hastings


Kategori Biografier: skønlitterære forfattere


ISBN-13 9780719565557


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 640


Udgave


Længde 42mm


Bredde 130mm


Højde 198mm


Udg. Dato 8 jul 2010


Oplagsdato 8 jul 2010


Forlag John Murray Press

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