Then and Now (novel)

1946 historical novel by W. Somerset Maugham

Then and Now (1946 novel)

First US edition

Author| W. Somerset Maugham
Language| English
Publisher| Heinemann (UK)
Doubleday (US)

Publication date

| 1946
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| Print (hardback & paperback)
Preceded by| The Razor's Edge
Followed by| Creatures of Circumstance

Then and Now is a historical novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Set mainly in Imola, Italy, but also in other Italian cities, including Machiavelli's hometown Florence during the Renaissance, the story focuses on three months in the life of Niccolò Machiavelli, the Florentine politician, diplomat, philosopher and writer in the early years of the 16th century. The book was first published by Heinemann in 1946. It recollects Machiavelli's encounter with Cesare Borgia, who was the model on which Machiavelli based his Il Principe. Against that background, a love farce unfolds, in which Machiavelli tries to seduce the young wife of his host at Imola. The unsuccessful affair gave Machiavelli the idea of writing his first comedy, The Mandrake. Thus, Then and Now appears to combine the two best-known works of Machiavelli – The Prince and The Mandrake.

## External links

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* Then and Now at Faded Page (Canada)
* http://catalogue.bl.uk| The British Library
* http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/120581.Then_and_Now

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Works by W. Somerset Maugham

Novels|

* Liza of Lambeth (1897)
* Mrs Craddock (1902)
* The Magician (1908)
* Of Human Bondage (1915)
* The Moon and Sixpence (1919)
* The Painted Veil (1925)
* Cakes and Ale (1930)
* The Narrow Corner (1932)
* Theatre (1937)
* Christmas Holiday (1939)
* Up at the Villa (1941)
* The Razor's Edge (1944)
* Then and Now (1946)
* Catalina (1948)

Short story collections|

* The Trembling of a Leaf (1921)
* The Casuarina Tree (1926)
* Ashenden (1928)
* Ah King (1933)
* The Mixture as Before (1940)
* Creatures of Circumstance (1947)

Short stories|

* "Rain"
* "The Vessel of Wrath"
* "The Lotus Eater"
* "The Unconquered"

Plays|

* Loaves and Fishes (1902)
* Lady Frederick (1907)
* Smith (1909)
* Penelope (1909)
* The Land of Promise (1913)
* Our Betters (1917)
* Caesar's Wife (1919)
* The Circle (1921)
* The Constant Wife (1926)
* The Letter (1927)
* The Sacred Flame (1928)
* The Bread-Winner (1930)
* For Services Rendered (1932)
* Sheppey (1933)

Non-fiction|

* On a Chinese Screen (1922)
* The Summing Up (1938)
* Ten Novels and Their Authors (1954)

Adaptations|

* The Explorer (1915)
* The Land of Promise (1917)
* Smith (1917)
* The Divorcée (1919)
* Jack Straw (1920)
* East of Suez (1925)
* The Circle (1925)
* The Canadian (1926)
* The Magician (1926)
* Sadie Thompson (1928)
* The Letter (1929)
* Charming Sinners (1929)
* Strictly Unconventional (1930)
* Rain (1932)
* The Narrow Corner (1933)
* Our Betters (1933)
* Of Human Bondage (1934)
* The Painted Veil (1934)
* The Right to Live (1935)
* Secret Agent (1936)
* The Tenth Man (1936)
* Isle of Fury (1936)
* Another Dawn (1937)
* The Vessel of Wrath (1938)
* The Letter (1940)
* Too Many Husbands (1940)
* The Moon and Sixpence (1942)
* Christmas Holiday (1944)
* The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
* Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (1946)
* The Razor's Edge (1946)
* Of Human Bondage (1946)
* The Unfaithful (1947)
* Quartet (1948)
* Trio (1950)
* Encore (1951)
* Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
* The Beachcomber (1954)
* The Seventh Sin (1957)
* Adorable Julia (1962)
* Of Human Bondage (1964)
* The Razor's Edge (1984)
* Up at the Villa (2000)
* Being Julia (2004)
* The Painted Veil (2006)

Related|

* Somerset Maugham Award

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