The book "Time and Books" by William Somerset Maugham

The collections "The Ten Greatest Novels of Humanity" and "Points of View" are witty, original reflections on time, life and literature, unconventional and vivid notes on the merits and shortcomings of geniuses. Maugham does not recognize authorities in art and evaluates the works of Stendhal and Goethe, Maupassant and Balzac, Tolstoy and Chekhov in his own way. His opinion often diverges from the generally accepted one. The more interesting it is to read him, the more amazing discoveries his book promises!..