W. Somerset Maugham

When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play....

Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brilliant characters....

Of Human Bondage follows Philip on his travels to Paris, London, and Germany, taking the listener on an adventure of discovery as his travels brings him new discoveries and emotional growth....

Somerset Maugham is one of the best-loved short story writers of the last 100 years....

This is the story of Kitty Fane, the adulterous wife of a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong....

Far eastern Tales is a collection of Maugham's short stories, all born of his experiences in Malaysia, Singapore, and other outposts of the former British Empire....

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Four is the fourth instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Four features 12 timeless works that largely focuses on the greats of American and British literature.

This anthology features a wide array of thought-provoking, genre-defining works from the 1900s, showcasing the range of modern storytelling—from existential musings to dark humour and intricate social commentary.

At the age of twenty-three, Charlie Mason is endowed with good looks, good manners and a cheerful disposition....

Set in the bohemian café society of Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century....

When Cakes and Ale was first published in 1930 it roused a storm of controversy....

With the South Seas as a background for such stories as "The Pacific", "Red", "Rain", and "The Pool", we experience scenes of passionate love, tragedy, and violence....

Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing his private self....

Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter....

On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past....

Somerset Maugham's success as a writer enabled him to indulge his adventurous love of travel....

Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England.....

Maugham spent the winter months of 1919 travelling 1500 miles up the Yangtze river....

Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, 18-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street....

Fully restored and remastered, Heritage Media presents the greatest of vintage artists in classic dramas from English and Scottish Literature....