The magician / / W. Somerset Maugham

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910155510003321
• Autore: Maugham W. Somerset
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [New York, New York] : , : Sheba Blake Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-304-83248-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (622 p.)
• Disciplina: 813.6
• Soggetti: Magic; Paris (France) Fiction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Magician is an early W. Somerset Maugham novel, originally published in 1908. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a caricature of Aleister Crowley, attempts to create life. Crowley wrote a critique of this book under the pen name Oliver Haddo, where he accused Maugham of plagiarism.