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Collected Stories

by W. Somerset Maugham · 1921

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31 stories:

In a strange land —

Rain —

The Fall of Edward Bernard —

The Pool —

Mackintosh —

The Happy couple —

Unconquered —

Before the party —

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Yellow streak —

Vessel of wrath —

Force of circumstances —

Alien corn —

Virtue —

Bum —

Treasure —

The Colonel's lady —

The Human Element —

Footprints in the jungle —

Book-bag —

The Back of beyond —

Mayhew —

Mirage —

The Letter —

The Outstation —

Red —

Miss King —

The Hairless Mexican —

Giulia Lazzari —

The Traitor —

His Excellency —

Sanatorium —

Setting
1920s1920sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 839 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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