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The Gentleman In The Parlour

Maugham, W. SomersetTheroux, Paul(Introduction by)
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Best Known for his novels and plays, Somerset Maugham also produced the most delightfully engaging and absorbing non-fiction, of which The Gentleman in the Parlour is a prime example.

First published in 1935 it is the account of a journey the author took from Rangoon to Haiphong.

Whether by river to Mandalay, on horse through the mountains and forests of the Shan States to Bangkok, or onwards by sea, Maugham's muse is in the spirit of Hazlitt, who wrote: 'It is great to shake off the trammels of the world and public opinion...and become the creature of the moment...and to be known by no other title than "The Gentleman in the Parlour".'

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Vintage Classics
0099286777 / 9780099286776
Paperback / softback
06/09/2001
United Kingdom
English
vii, 212p.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1930.