The Kite, and Other Stories

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This is a collection of some of Somerset Maugham's finest stories. The longest, "The Kite", is the subtle story of a young man's obsessive attachment to kite-flying. The others include a spy story set in Switzerland, a ghost story set in Spain, a character sketch of an Italian fisherman, and a story of a man who on the day he was to be married ran away from the girl who had come six thousand miles to marry him.The Stories:- Home- A man from Glasgow- The man with the scar- The Traitor- The Verger- A friend in need - The Kite- Salvatore- Mabel- A Marriage of convenience