Portrait of a Gentleman: the Complete Short Stories of Maugham·iv
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About This Novel
Short stories play an important role in Maugham's creation. Burgess once commented that he wrote "the best short stories in English literature." His novels such as "The Shackles of Humanity", "The Knife's Edge" and "The Moon and Sixpence" made Maugham famous around the world, while his short stories won him more readers and became a global phenomenon with his exquisite skills in weaving stories and his keen insight into human nature and social life. In 1951, Maugham published a four-volume collection of short stories, including a total of 91 stories. He personally determined the titles and order, and wrote a preface for each volume. In 1963, Penguin Press launched a new edition based on this, and it has since been recognized as the standard edition and has been reprinted many times. The Utopia edition of "The Complete Works of Somerset Maugham's Short Stories" (all four volumes) is a translation from the 2002 Penguin edition. The young translator Chen Yikan took the lead in the solo translation. It took six years to reproduce the complete picture of Maugham's short stories in a wonderful translation for the first time. This book is the fourth and final volume.
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