This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only.
The Magician is an early W. Somerset Maugham novel, originally published in 1908. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a caricature of Aleister Crowley, attempts to create life. Crowley wrote a critique of this book under the pen name Oliver Haddo, where he accused Maugham of plagiarism.
Language: English
Published in: 1908
Word count: 73,821 words (≈ about 5 hours)
Source: http://gutenberg.org
Copyright: This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only.