Somerset Maugham
W. SOM ER SET
MAUG HAM
♦
SIXTY-FIVE
SHORT STORIES
Heinemann/Octopus
This edition first published in Great Britain in 1976 by William Heinemann Limited
and
Octopus Books Limited
Michelin House
81 Fulham Road
London SW3 6RB
ISBN 0 905712 69 2
Reprinted 1988
Compilation copyright © 1976 by Gordon Stanley Blair,
Kenneth Marr–Johnson, Alan Frank Searle as Executors of the Estate of W. Somerset Maugham
Printed and bound in Great Britain by
William Clowes Limited, Beccles and London
CONTENTS
Rain / 13
The Fall of Edward Barnard / 40
Honolulu / 62
The Ant and the Grasshopper / 78
The Pool / 81
Mackintosh / 106
The Three Fat Women of Antibes / 128
The Facts of Life / 138
Gigolo and Gigolette / 151
The Voice of the Turtle / 163
The Unconquered / 174
The Escape / 192
Mr Know-All / 195
The Romantic Young Lady / 200
A Man From Glasgow / 207
Before the Party / 214
The Vessel of Wrath / 231
Louise / 256
The Promise / 261
The Yellow Streak / 266
The Force of Circumstance / 284
Flotsam and Jetsam / 301
The Alien Corn / 317
The Creative Impulse / 342
Virtue / 365
The Closed Shop / 389
The Dream / 395
The Colonel’s Lady / 398
Miss King / 410
The Hairless Mexican / 432
The Traitor / 456
His Excellency / 479
Mr Harrington’s Washing / 500
Lord Mountdrago / 525
Sanatorium / 541
The Social Sense / 557
The Verger / 563
The Taipan / 568
The Consul / 573
A Friend in Need / 577
The Round Dozen / 581
The Human Element / 599
Jane / 622
Footprints in the Jungle / 639
The Door of Opportunity / 659
The Book-Bag / 681
French Joe / 705
The Four Dutchmen / 708
The Back of Beyond / 713
P. & O. / 734
Episode / 755
The Kite / 769
A Woman of Fifty / 785
The Lotus Eater / 797