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William Somerset Maugham (1874 ? 1965) took his reading material quite seriously....

The Irish have always had a knack for telling wonderful stories, and their fantastic ability has been recognized from early Gaelic times.

William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was born at the height of British Imperial power. When he died, the British Empire was all but a memory...

German short stories began in the late 18th century as brief, beautifully written moral fables....

William Somerset Maugham, novelist, playwright, short-storywriter, and the highest paid author in the world in the 1930's, nevertheless failed to gain critical acclaim....

Unquestionably, Herodotus has left mankind one of the world's greatest works of literature...

Guy de Maupassant, (1850 - 1893), a native of Normandy, wrote in a bold and vigorous style that moves inexorably along clear plot lines....

Unlike the other arts, American literature has been a powerful, influential, and leading aspect of American culture....

China has been a wellspring of storytelling for over 2,000 years....

When the Muslims swept out of the Arabian peninsula in the eighth century, one of the first areas to fall under their power was the Holy Land....