num_pages: 544
description: The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include "Flotsam and Jetsam," "The Man With the Sca,r" and "The Vessel of Wrath."For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 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.
language: English
title: Collected Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham, Vol. 2
titlecomplete: Collected Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham, Vol. 2
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, English Literature, British Literature, Classic Literature, Collections, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century
ratings_count: 1098
series: Collected Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic
publisher: Mandarin