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The Gentleman In The Parlour : A Record Of A Journey From Rangoon To Haiphong : Vintage Classics
Paperback Edition: 1/2001
With an introduction by Paul Theroux
Somerset Maugham's success as a writer enabled him to indulge his adventurous love of travel, and he recorded the sights and sounds of his wide-ranging journeys with an urbane, wry style all his own. The Gentleman in the Parlour is an account of the author's trip through what was then Burma and Siam, ending in Haiphong, Vietnam.
Whether by river to Mandalay, on horse through the mountains and forests of the Shan States to Bangkok, or onwards by sea, Maugham's vivid descriptions bring a lost world to life.
Pages : 240
Publisher : Constable & Robinson
Publication date : 2001-09
Subjects: Non-fiction, Lifestyle, Sport And Leisure