ShortStories

ThefullrangeofSomersetMaugham'sartisrepresentedinthiscollection.Itincludesthefamousstory"Rain,"thetragedyofanarrow-mindedandoverzealousmissionaryandaprostitute,and"TheVesselofWrath,"ataleoftheunexpectedlovebetweenamissionaryandadrunkenreprobate.Maugham'swryperceptionofhumanfoiblesandgeniusforevokingcompellingdramaformanacutesenseoftimeandplace.