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W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
1874–1965
Best known for clear, elegant storytelling and a sharp eye for human weakness, this English writer created classics like Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, and The Razor’s Edge. His fiction often moves through cosmopolitan settings and moral crossroads, with a style that feels direct and modern even now.
28 Audiobooks
The Moon and Sixpence
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Mrs. Craddock
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Merry-go-round
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Orientations
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Land of Promise: A Comedy in Four Acts
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Magician
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Painted Veil
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Canadian Photoplay title of The Land of Promise
by D. Torbett, W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Landed Gentry: A Comedy in Four Acts
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
On a Chinese Screen
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Hero
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Cæsar's Wife: A Comedy in Three Acts
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Unknown; A Play in Three Acts
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Making of a Saint
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Explorer
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Penelope: A Comedy in Three Acts
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Bishop's Apron: A study in the origins of a great family
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Liza of Lambeth
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Jack Straw: A Farce in Three Acts
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
East of Suez: A Play in Seven Scenes
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Mrs. Dot: A Farce
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The Tenth Man: A Tragic Comedy in Three Acts
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Cakes and ale
by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
About the author
Born in Paris in 1874, he became one of the most widely read English-language writers of the early 20th century. He trained in medicine in London, and that close view of everyday struggle helped shape his first novel, Liza of Lambeth. Over time he built a remarkable career across novels, short stories, and plays.
His best-known books include Of Human Bondage (1915), The Moon and Sixpence (1919), and The Razor’s Edge (1944). Readers and critics alike have long admired the plain strength of his prose, his worldly settings, and his cool, perceptive understanding of ambition, desire, and self-deception.
Maugham died in 1965, but his work has lasted because it is both readable and psychologically astute. Whether he was writing about artists, drifters, colonials, or people quietly trapped by their own choices, he had a gift for making complicated lives feel vividly real.