Collected Short Stories
Douban
Volume 1
William Somerset Maugham
overview
This classic collection of stories moves from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. It includes the famous story "Rain", the tragedy of a narrow-minded and overzealous missionary and a prostitute, and "The Three Fat Women of Antibes", an extravagantly sardonic tale of abstention and greed, as well as a host of other brilliant tales.
contents
Preface
Rain
The fall of Edward Barnard
Honolulu
The luncheon
The ant and the grasshopper
Home
The pool
Mackintosh
Appearance and reality
The three fat women of Antibes
The facts of life\
Gigolo and gigolette
The happy couple
The voice of the turtle
The lion's skin
The unconquered
The escape
The judgement seat
Mr Know-All
The happy man
The romantic young lady
The point of honour
The poet
The mother
A man from Glasgow
Before the party
Louise
The promise
A string of beads
The yellow streak
