Modern English Language Texts: The Kite And Other Stories - With Introduction By Ian Serraillier, Glossary And Notes
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This is a collection of some of Somerset Maugham's finest stories. The longest, "The Kite", is the subtle story of a young man's obsessive attachment to kite-flying. The others include a spy story set in Switzerland, a ghost story set in Spain, a character sketch of an Italian fisherman, and a story of a man who on the day he was to be married ran away from the girl who had come six thousand miles to marry him. <b>The Stories</b>: - Home - A man from Glasgow - The man with the scar - The Traitor - The Verger - A friend in need - The Kite - Salvatore - Mabel - A Marriage of convenience
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Modern English Language Texts: The Kite And Other Stories - With Introduction By Ian Serraillier, Glossary And Notes, William Somerset Maugham
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- Released
- 1968
- Binding
- (Paperback),
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- Title
- Modern English Language Texts: The Kite And Other Stories - With Introduction By Ian Serraillier, Glossary And Notes
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Somerset Maugham
- Publisher
- Heinemann Educational Publishers
- Released
- 1968
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 146
- ISBN10
- 0435295713
- ISBN13
- 9780435295714
- Series
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- This is a collection of some of Somerset Maugham's finest stories. The longest, "The Kite", is the subtle story of a young man's obsessive attachment to kite-flying. The others include a spy story set in Switzerland, a ghost story set in Spain, a character sketch of an Italian fisherman, and a story of a man who on the day he was to be married ran away from the girl who had come six thousand miles to marry him. <b>The Stories</b>: - Home - A man from Glasgow - The man with the scar - The Traitor - The Verger - A friend in need - The Kite - Salvatore - Mabel - A Marriage of convenience