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

In A.D. 66, nationalist and religious revolutionaries in Palestine led a ferocious revolt of the Jewish people against the authority of mighty Rome....

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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....

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....