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In Paris, surgeon Arthur Burdon and his fiancé are introduced to Oliver Haddo, a wealthy Englishman from an old family who claims to be a magician trained in the occult. At first they are unconvinced and irritated by Haddo’s boasts; however he soon demonstrates his powers in more and more fateful ways.
The character of Oliver Haddo is an unflattering caricature of the English occultist Alistair Crowley, whom Maugham had met while living in Paris. Crowley himself wrote a review in Vanity Fair in which he accused Maugham of plagiarizing various other novels, signing off as “Oliver Haddo.” Most critics dismissed these allegations.
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Fiction, Magicians, Magic, English Authors, Biography, Good and evil, Europe, fiction, Fiction, psychological, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, horror, Paris (france), fiction, Fiction, general, Magier, English literature, Fiction in English, Fiction in English 1900- TextsPlaces
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Magician: Together with a Fragment of Autobiography
August 31, 1978, Penguin (Non-Classics)
0140026681 9780140026689
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Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century masterSet in the bohemian cafe society of Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, Maugham's exploration of hypnotism and the occult was inspired by the sinister black magician Aleister Crowley. At the start of this compulsive gothic horror story, Arthur and his beautiful, innocent fiancee Margaret look forward to an idyllic life together, until they encounter the mesmerising and repulsive Oliver Haddo...
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