Up at the villa

William Somerset Maugham

Original title: Up at the Villa

earliest edition we have, 1967 Pan Books, 1978 95 pages

The works of W. Somerset Maugham

A novella, first published in 1941, about a young widow who becomes involved, against her better judgement, with three men. When one of the men kills himself at the villa in Florence where she is staying she decides to dispose of the body rather than call the police.

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Editions we hold

Up at the Villa (Vintage Classics) paperback · 2005 · Vintage Books · 128 pages · 9780099478324
Up at the villa edition · 2000 · Vintage International · 209 pages
Up at the villa edition · 1991 · Mandarin · 119 pages
Up at the villa edition · 1978 · Pan Books · 95 pages
Up at the villa edition · 1977 · Arno Press · 209 pages
Up at the villa edition · 1967 · Penguin Books · 94 pages

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