{"product_id":"the-world-over-the-collected-stories-volume-one-maugham","title":"The World Over: The Collected Stories, Volume One by W. Somerset Maugham (1954)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHuman nature revealed through sharply observed stories\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood Condition\u003c\/strong\u003e - boards lightly scuffed, corners and spine ends worn. Page edges browned and spotted with a small top nick, endpapers foxed; pages remain clean. Reprint Society edition, 1954.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eW. Somerset Maugham’s short fiction travels across social worlds and distant settings while remaining closely attentive to the motives people conceal from others and themselves. This first volume of The World Over includes stories such as Rain, Honolulu, The Luncheon, The Ant and the Grasshopper and Mr. Know-All. Encounters that begin casually can reveal vanity, generosity, jealousy or unexpected moral complexity, and Maugham’s controlled storytelling allows a small incident to reshape the reader’s judgement of a character. Humour and irony sit beside darker observations about desire and disappointment. The collection brings together varied examples of his narrative range, offering self-contained stories that reward both occasional reading and a sustained exploration of his unsentimental understanding of human behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Value Junction ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67890391351508,"sku":"TVJ-035042","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/3059\/2980\/files\/TVJ-035042-1.jpg?v=1792545086","url":"https:\/\/thevaluejunction.co.nz\/products\/the-world-over-the-collected-stories-volume-one-maugham","provider":"The Value Junction ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}