{"product_id":"the-gentleman-in-the-parlour-paperback-maugham-w-somerset-and-theroux-paul","title":"The Gentleman In The Parlour [Paperback] Maugham, W. Somerset and Theroux, Paul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maugham, W. Somerset\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 01-10-2001\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099286776\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUX\u003cbr\u003e\nSomerset Maugham's success as a writer enabled him to indulge his adventurous love of travel, and he recorded the sights and sounds of his wide-ranging journeys with an urbane, wry style all his own. The Gentleman in the Parlour is an account of the author's trip through what was then Burma and Siam, ending in Haiphong, Vietnam. Whether by river to Mandalay, on horse through the mountains and forests of the Shan States to Bangkok, or onwards by sea, Maugham's vivid descriptions bring a lost world to life.\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\nThere enough raw material to sate his imagination and the journey itself takes on the contours of a story worth recording. Among the coolly-observed descriptions of ruined pagodas there's the added treat of Maugham's catty thoughts on his craft ―\u003cbr\u003e\nSunday Herald (Glasgow)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMaugham's finest travel book...As the urbane novelist wends his way through tropic climes, he reads Proust under the mosquito netting, listens to stories of passion and madness from British colonials gone to seed, and bears up under the merciless sun, sipping at a gin and bitters and laying out a hand of solitaire ―\u003cbr\u003e\nWashington Post\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAn elegant writer's notebook, imaginative, crammed with impressions and ideas received simply and directly, without the filtering screens of literariness or Englishness... he writes with majestic plainness ―\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA delightful book - It contains vivid travel impressions, some autobiographical confidences, and the plots for a dozen novels ―\u003cbr\u003e\nSpectator\u003cbr\u003e\n      From the Inside Flap      \u003cbr\u003e\nBest known for his novels and plays, Somerset Maugham also produced delightfully engaging and absorbing non-fiction, of which\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Gentleman in the Parlour is a prime example. First published in 1935 it describes a journey the author took from Rangoon to Haipong. 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 to be known by no other title than\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Gentleman in the Parlour.\u003cbr\u003e\n      From the Back Cover      \u003cbr\u003e\n“ A delightful book. It contains vivid travel impressions...and the plots for a dozen novels.” –\u003cbr\u003e\nSpectator\u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nWilliam Somerset Maugham, famous as novelist, playwright and short-story writer, was born in 1874, and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with a view to practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to letters. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. His position as a successful playwright was being consolidated at the same time. His first play, A Man of Honour, was followed by a series of successes just before and after World War I, and his career in the theatre did not end until 1933 with Sheppey. \u003cbr\u003e\nHis fame as a short story writer began with The Trembling of a Leaf, subtitled Little Stories of the South Sea Islands, in 1921, after which he published more than ten collections. His other works include travel books such as On a Chinese Screen, and Don Fernando, essays, criticism, and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 1927, he settled in the south of France, and lived there until his death in 1965.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPaul Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1941, and published his first novel, Waldo, in 1967. He wrote his next three novels, Fong and the Indians, Girls at Play and Jungle Lovers, after a five-year stay in Africa. He subsequently taught at the University of Singapore, and during his three years there produced a collection of short stories, Sinning with Annie, and highly praised novel Saint Jack\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099286776\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49043891159344,"sku":"Prakash_9780099286776","price":594.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/vintage-classics-book-default-title-the-gentleman-in-the-parlour-paperback-maugham-w-somerset-and-theroux-paul-38703335735600.jpg?v=1753010177","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/the-gentleman-in-the-parlour-paperback-maugham-w-somerset-and-theroux-paul","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}