This first volume of Somerset Maugham's collected short stories includes the famous story 'rain', the tragedy of the prudish missionary mr Davidson and sadie thompson, the prostitute. The collection contains thirty stori...This first volume of Somerset Maugham's collected short stories includes the famous story 'rain', the tragedy of the prudish missionary mr Davidson and sadie thompson, the prostitute. The collection contains thirty stories that take us from the islands of the pacific ocean to England, France and Spain.