Points of View
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Eclectic and illuminating, these essays are the last that Maugham published. Ranging from an appreciation of Goethe’s novels, to an encounter with an Indian holy man, with a considered analysis of the form at which Maugham himself excelled – the short story – they present the enduring views and opinions of this eminent writer…..Read More
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