About the book: 2022 / William Somerset Maugham (eng. William Somerset Maugham; January 25, 1874, Paris - December 16, 1965, Nice) - British writer , one of the most successful prose writers of the 1930s. Maugham’s novels were also successful: “The Burden of Human Passions” (1915; Russian translation, 1959) - an almost autobiographical novel; “The Moon and a Penny” (1919; Russian translation, 1927, 1960), “Pies and Beer” (1930) , “Theater” (1937), “The Razor’s Edge” (1944). In July 1919, Maugham, in pursuit of new impressions, went to China, and later to Malaysia, which gave him material for two collections of stories. Contents: 1. The burden of human passions. (Translation: Elena Golysheva, Boris Izakov)2. Moon and penny. Pies and beer, or Skeleton in the closet. Theater. (Translation: Galina Ostrovskaya, Natalia Man, Alexey Iordansky)3. Ashenden, or British Agent (Translation: Alexander Livergant, Irina Gurova, Inna Bernstein, Gleb Kosov, Victor Weber)4. Magician 5. Mrs. Craddock (Translation: Nadezhda Sechkina) 6. Patterned cover. Christmas holidays. Razor edge. (Translation: N. Vasilyeva, Mikhail Zinde, Maria Lorie, Raisa Oblonskaya)7. Summing up (Translation: Maria Laurie)8. Conqueror of Africa (Translation: Vladimir Lopatka)9. Then and Now (Translation: Victor Weber)10. Patterned Veil (Painted Veil) 11. Stories (Translation: N Chernyavskaya, I. Dekhtereva, N. Romm, Vyacheslav Artemov, Vladimir Ashkenazi, E Buchatskaya, Mikhail Zagot, Dmitry Voznyakevich, Maria Laurie, Victor Hinkis, Irina Gurova, Inna Bernstein, Valentina Mayants, N. Kunyaeva, Raisa Oblonskaya, Nora Gal)