About this title: In UP AT THE VILLA, a young Englishwoman living in an Italian village has barely begun to recover from the death of her husband when she receives marriage proposals from two very different Italian men.
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Description: Good. 0140026703 This mass market paperback book is in GOOD SHAPE! Some creasing of the spine and minor signs of wear from reading--nothing major! SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a book that looks nice. read more
Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York, N.Y.
Date Published: 1956
Description: G- G-mass market paperback, top of front cover chipped, some spine and cover creasing, minor shelf wear to cover and spine edges, pages foxed, text tight and clean. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0375724621 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. 2000-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375724626ISBN:0375724621
Description: Grade: B. Catalog: Fiction General Synopsis: 209 pages. In Up at the Villa, W. Somerset Maugham portrays a wealthy young English woman who finds herself confronted rather brutally by the reperc... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375724626ISBN:0375724621
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. No apparent flaws or marks. Appears as new. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
Publisher: Bantam Books
Description: Very Good. B000RHM1M6 Very Good modern vintage edition ** Trade Paperback** SAME CONTENT EXACTLY-Aside from different introduction/forward, different cover-cover has no shelf wear, no Spine Creasing, No personalizations, no marks in the text. Very well bound. Ships Quickly-IN STOCK-Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Description: Very good. This book is in very good condition with some handling wear. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Available for immediate shipment. read more
"Got this one for free from the nail salon book exchange shelf. Looked like a super quick read and good for my lazy weekend in Palm Springs (which it was). It's a little ridiculous and a lot melodramatic. I'm neither here nor there with it, so I give it 3 stars."
"W. Somerset Maugham was a master of the novel as well as the short story, and here he manages to cover the elusive middle ground. This is a very short novel, weighing in at a scant 209 Harry Potter-formatted* pages, and it reads like one. Not that that's a bad thing! Where other Maugham classics like Of Human Bondage develop slowly, refusing to be rushed, this book moves at a ripping pace.
Most of Maugham's formidable strengths are here, fully realized: an ear for authentic, snappy, gently funny dialogue; vivid powers of description; and above all, wonderfully believable characters. I think Somerset Maugham wrote female characters better than any male writer who came before him, not to mention many females who came before him and most males who came after. In addition, much like The Razor's Edge, Up At the Villa manages to poke a sardonic, yet affectionate finger at upper-class society. I think Maugham was the perfect author to chronicle the long, slow final decline of the British Empire.
All in all, this was a surprising, exhilarating, and very fun little book that I read in about three hours, and I highly recommend you do the same. It's an easy, worthy introduction to Maugham, or an excellent addition for someone who's already read one or all of his big three (Of Human Bondage, The Razor's Edge, and The Moon and Sixpence.)
* Huge typeface, huge margins, huge line spacing."
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