The Partial View

by W. Somerset Maugham

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Writer William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris on January 25, 1874. He attended St. Thomas's Medical School in London. A prolific writer, Maugham produced novels, short stories, plays, and an autobiographical novel, "Of Human Bondage." Although he remains popular for his novels and short stories, when he was alive his plays, now dated, were show more also popular, and in 1908 four of his plays ran simultaneously. Maugham died in Nice, France, on December 16, 1965. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
The Partial View
Original title
The Partial View
Original publication date
1954, original preface by Maugham
Original language
English

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Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
828.9108Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish miscellaneous writingsEnglish miscellaneous writings 1900-English miscellaneous writings 1900-1999Prose
LCC
PR6025 .A86 .P38Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1900-1960

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