W. Somerset Maugham

"Somerset Maugham narrates the story of Charles Strickland, a well off London stock broker who abandons his wife and children in midlife to become a painter. Strickland is convinced that he must paint, despite the fact that he has never done so. Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin, Maugham’s characterization of Strickland reveals that the pursuit of his personal artistic vision is not without considerable sacrifice and the callousness of his character...

Julia is a true diva: beautiful, talented, wealthy and famous. She has a devoted husband who has masterminded her brillant career - but after years of the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. She finds what she is looking for in a handsome young American fan, who adds a few more sparks than Julia was hoping for.

Philip Carey, a young medical student in Edwardian London, becomes infatuated with a cheap and vulgar cockney waitress, an affair which leads them both into mutual destruction.

Father's Little dividend: Newly married Kay dunstan announces that she and her husband are going to have a baby! Her father in the mean time comes to grips with being a grandfather! Of Human bondage: A sensitive man falls in love with a waitress who rejects him, runs off with a salesman and returns unmarried and pregnant. He gets her any apartment and they become engaged, only to be confronted with more problems. Tulsa: Tulsa, Oklahoma at the beginning...