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Promoting Somerset Maugham in 1954

Posted: February 22nd, 2014 | No Comments »

The Companion Book Club (a major British book club at the time) decided to republish a series of W Somerset Maugham’s novels in 1954. Of course his classic novel of Hong Kong and China, The Painted Veil, was included as was a still of Garbo playing Katrin in the 1934 film version….

Somerset Maugham flyer 1955



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