“Mage”. The most unusual and mysterious romance of the Somerset Maugham, which is still of great interest among readers …
The eccentric English gentleman named Oliver Haldo decides to devote his life to the “study of magical art” and perceives his “occult” abilities seriously, without a shadow of irony.
In Latevictorian England, it looks at least ridiculous. However, when Oliver falls in love with Margaret, the bride of the young surgeon Arthur Bardon, who is sacred in progress and science, a funny story becomes terrible. After all, in order to separate the lovers and win the heart of Margaret, Huddo is going to call for help dark, ancient, irrational forces …
Author
Maugham William Somerset
Translator
Rabbit Natalya Iosifovna
Publisher
Astrel, 2013
Series
Foreign classic
16+
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