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The Magician

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The Magician is a 1908 novel by the British author W. Somerset Maugham. It follows the magician Oliver Haddo, a caricature of the occultist Aleister Crowley, as he attempts to create life. Crowley himself later wrote a critique of the novel under the pen name Oliver Haddo, in which he accused Maugham of plagiarism. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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from 1908 1
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Novel 1
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    The Magician is a novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham, originally published in 1908.
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    is a novel by British author W.
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    Author: W. Somerset Maugham
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    The Magician is a novel by British author W.
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