Collected Short Stories

This final classic collection reveals Somerset Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships in tales of love infidelity passion and prejudice. The stories range from The Lotus Eater where a man envisions a life of bliss in the Mediterranean to the astringent tales of The Outstation and The Back of Beyond in Malaya and South East Asia. <p/>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 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.