The Hero de W. Somerset Maugham

The Hero

W. Somerset Maugham

THE HERO (1901) by W. Somerset Maugham is a complex psychological exploration of the stifling of deepest personal urges and the resulting disillusionment. James Parsons returns home after military service in South Africa and finds his worldview changed. His family's affections are oppressive, his betrothed, Mary, now seems repulsive, and life has become a hollow burden.
A powerful, bittersweet, and ironic work by a true master of the human psyche.

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	Preț	Express
Paperback (4)	52^.23 lei 3-5 săpt.
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform –	52^.23 lei 3-5 săpt.
Aegypan Press – 31 mai 2011	95^.85 lei 3-5 săpt.
Bibliotech Press – 6 ian 2020	109^.33 lei 6-8 săpt.
Norilana Books – 4 noi 2008	115^.46 lei 6-8 săpt.
Hardback (3)	186^.76 lei 6-8 săpt.
Norilana Books – 4 noi 2008	186^.76 lei 6-8 săpt.
Bibliotech Press – 6 ian 2020	192^.98 lei 6-8 săpt.
Aegypan Press – 30 iun 2011	206^.16 lei 38-44 zile

Preț

Express

Paperback (4)

52^.23 lei 3-5 săpt.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform –

52^.23 lei 3-5 săpt.

Aegypan Press – 31 mai 2011

95^.85 lei 3-5 săpt.

Bibliotech Press – 6 ian 2020

109^.33 lei 6-8 săpt.

Norilana Books – 4 noi 2008

115^.46 lei 6-8 săpt.

Hardback (3)

186^.76 lei 6-8 săpt.

Norilana Books – 4 noi 2008

186^.76 lei 6-8 săpt.

Bibliotech Press – 6 ian 2020

192^.98 lei 6-8 săpt.

Aegypan Press – 30 iun 2011

206^.16 lei 38-44 zile

Notă biografică

William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), better known as W. Somerset Maugham, was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest-paid author during the 1930s. After losing both his parents by the age of 10, Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to become a lawyer like other men in his family, Maugham eventually trained and qualified as a physician. The initial run of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897), sold out so rapidly that Maugham gave up medicine to write full-time. During the First World War, he served with the Red Cross and in the ambulance corps, before being recruited in 1916 into the British Secret Intelligence Service, for which he worked in Switzerland and Russia before the October Revolution of 1917. During and after the war, he traveled in India and Southeast Asia; all of these experiences were reflected in later short stories and novels.