'Theatre' (1937).
Woman Somerset Maugham's most famous novel.
A subtle, caustic irony about a brilliant, intelligent actress who celebrates her 'midlife crisis' with an affair with a handsome young 'predator'? 'Vanity Fair' of the Roaring Twenties?
Or a timeless, captivating book in which every reader finds something for themselves? 'All the world's a stage, and the men and women merely players!'
So it was — and so it always will be!
'Christmas Holiday' (1939).
The story of passionate, tragic, all-forgiving love, a mysterious crime, the collapse of illusions and endless human loneliness...
A brief affair between a wealthy English heir and a Russian emigrant forced to become a 'night butterfly'...
It seems banal... but only at first glance. Because the young Englishman is infinitely far from a desire for fun, and his casual friend is far from a desire to pick his pockets. In essence, they both want only one thing: understanding...
AST
Theatre: Christmas Holidays (Teatr Rozhdestvenskie Kanikuly)
21.06£
Publisher: AST
Weight: 460
Age restrictions: 12+
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Circulation: 2000
Size: 20.5x13x3
Book series: Library of Classics (Biblioteka Klassiki)
Cover: Hardcover
Language: Russian
Pages: 512
Publication year: 2024
ISBN: 978-5-17-134539-6
ISBN (Barcode): 9785171345396








