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Author Meyers, Jeffrey.

Title Somerset Maugham : a life / Jeffrey Meyers.

Imprint New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c2004.

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Location Call No. Status
 GDL Central Library Non-Fiction    823 Maugham,W MEY    Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvi, 411 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Filmography: p. 398-400.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-397) and index.
Contents Paris and king's school, 1874-1889 -- Heidelberg and medicine, 1890-1897 -- Liza of Lambeth and Spain, 1897-1899 -- Struggling author, 1900-1904 -- Bohemia and fame, 1905-1908 -- Sue Jones and Syrie, 1909-1915 -- The great war and Gerald Haxton, 1914-1916 -- Secret agent, 1916-1919 -- Malaya and China, 1919-1921 -- Dangerous journeys, dangerous friends, 1921-1925 -- Villa mauresque, 1926-1928 -- "Stately homo," 1928-1929 -- Reputations: cakes and ale, 1930-1933 -- India and eternal youth, 1934-1938 -- War propaganda and Hollywood, 1939-1941 -- Yemassee and Haxton's death, 1942-1944 -- Alan Searle and Art, 1945-1946 -- The Lizard of oz, 1947-1950 -- Royalty and honors, 1951-1955 -- The old party, 1956-1961 -- Family values, 1962-1965 -- Afterlife.
Subject Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
ISBN 0375414754 : $30.00

 
    
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