num_pages: 240
description: Maugham’s enchanting tale of secrets and fatal attraction The Magician is one of Somerset Maugham’s most complex and perceptive novels. Running through it is the theme of evil, deftly woven into a story as memorable for its action as for its astonishingly vivid set of characters. In fin de siecle Paris, Arthur and Margaret are engaged to be married. Everyone approves and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves—until the menacing and repulsive Oliver Haddo appears.
language: English
title: The Magician
titlecomplete: The Magician
characters: Susie Boyd, Oliver Haddo, Arthur Burdon, Margaret Dauncey
genres: Classics, British Literature, Fantasy, Gothic, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 4652
places: France, England
publisher: Penguin Classics