num_pages: 3
description: Somerset Maugham is a masterly storyteller. Each of these stories has been selected to demonstrate his distinctive range and cool tone. In 'The Letter', which centres around a poised, elegant murderess, he skilfully evokes a still self-assured colonial world where men and women are caught between essentially English values and the rich ambiguity of their surroundings. The other stories, somewhat lighter in tone, are witty and shrewd, and contain the sharp twist by which Maugham's tales so oftenastonish and delight. This audiobook Episode; The Letter; The Luncheon; Mr Know-All, and Princess September.
language: English
title: The Letter and Other Stories
titlecomplete: The Letter and Other Stories
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Penguin Classics