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"Ten Greatest Novels of Mankind" is witty, original reflections on time, life and literature, non-standard and vivid notes about the pros and cons of geniuses. Maugham does not recognize the authorities in art and in his own way evaluates the works of Balzac and Stendhal, Dickens and Bronte, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. His opinion is often at odds with the conventional wisdom. The more interesting it is to read his essays, the more startling discoveries they promise.