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Somerset Maughan

 

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Somerset Maughan : Of Human Bondage

'I?m reading "Of Human Bondage" of Somerset Maugham & it?s terribly good ? some wonderful school stuff, & of course the whole thing, in his subtle way, is quite itching with queerness. Perhaps I?ll send you a copy to Chicago to read in bed.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Peter Pears      Print: Book

  

Somerset Maughan : [unknown]

Letter 271 4 July 1940 'Please forgive me not having written eight and a half days ago or more to thank you for your lovely birthday present. The thin mints went of course in twenty four hours, and I curled up on a sofa with Somerset Maugham until I had finished him. It was a new one to me and marvellously disagreeable and exciting! So acid it nearly burnt!'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Peter Pears      Print: Book

 

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