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The Making of a Saint

By W. Somerset Maugham

2020-05-12 20:28:38

THE MAKING OF A SAINT, published in 1898, was W. Somerset Maugham's second novel. He always regarded it as his black sheep, even tried to suppress its republication. His disaffection is not easy to understand. The book enjoyed a good reception and c ... Read more
THE MAKING OF A SAINT, published in 1898, was W. Somerset Maugham's second novel. He always regarded it as his black sheep, even tried to suppress its republication. His disaffection is not easy to understand. The book enjoyed a good reception and continues to be well-reviewed. It remains today, as it was on publication, an intense and highly colored novel of plot and counterplot, passion, and intrigue......... A fine story of 15th century Italy. Intrigue and assassination were standard issue and targets as likely to be clerical as courtly...in this ferment of sinners, the Saint was a miracle. Less

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File size195.357 KB
Print pages162
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781783948291
William Somerset Maugham CH (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highe...

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