by W. Somerset Maugham · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140026702
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«Up at the Villa» is the short novel by W. Somerset Maugham, published by Penguin in paperback (96 pages, in English).
The plot unfolds in a villa in the hills of Florence and follows Mary Panton, a young English widow torn between a secure marriage and her own desires. Her compassion for a stranger drags her into a night of violence and desire, and she must face the consequences of her actions.
Maugham originally published this short novel in 1941; this Penguin edition is from 1978. The work was adapted into a film by Philip Haas with Kristin Scott Thomas and Sean Penn.
For readers of twentieth-century classics and short stories of suspense and passion.
William Somerset Maugham was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories.
