The Gentleman In The Parlour book cover

Classic Southeast Asian Journey

Travel Writing

The Gentleman In The Parlour

by W.Somerset Maugham and

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.


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About the book

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.

Book details

Published by Vintage Publishing

Paperback ISBN: 9780099286776 6 Sep 2001 197 x 129 x 16 (mm) 178g