Somerset maugham is a novel about a group of young americans who are trying to find their way in the world during the years following world war i. Then in 1984 we watched bill murray as larry darrell. It tells the story of larry darrell, an american pilot traumatized by his experiences in world war i, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life. Larry darrell is a young american in search of the absolute.
Having first begun reading the book the summer before i left for college at 19, i unfortunately never got around to finishing it and ended up losing my copy of the book before i could. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 304 pages and is available in paperback format. There was a remake 1984 that was surprisingly good. Support epubbooks by making a small paypal donation purchase. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of maughams most brillant characters his fiancee isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and elliot templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate american snob. Among his novels are of human bondage, the moon and sixpence, and the razors edge. He was among the most popular writers of his era, and reputedly, the highest paid author during the 1930s. Rejecting the comfortable material world of his fiancee, he travels around the world in search of truth and meaning to. Free download or read online the razors edge pdf epub book. The razor s edge then and now creatures of circumstance catalina here and there collection of short stories. When the screenplay credits are shown, a curious symbol appears near w. I saw the old movie 1946 when i was a kid and that made me look up the book and read it. Somerset maugham has written many classics, but this one could also be called a book of philosophy.
Theodore dreiser maugham s excessively rare gift of storytelling. Ah, the razors edge i have never finished a novel with more misgiving. Its a symbol meant to ward off the evil eye, and it more often than not appeared on the covers of many of maugham s novels. All our ebooks are free to download, but first you must sign in or create an account. Set in chicago, paris, and india in the 1920s and 30s, it involves characters from sharply different worlds. Commercial success with high book sales, successful theatre productions and a string of film adaptations, backed by astute stock market investments, allowed maugham to live a very.
Somerset maugham 1874 1965 was a british playwright, novelist and short story writer. Somerset maugham download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The novel is concerned in large part with the search for the meaning of life and with the dichotomy between materialism and spirituality. The razor s edge ebook epub electronic book the razor s edge by w. After youve bought this ebook, you can choose to download either the pdf version or the epub, or both. No, just kidding, but when i read that first sentence of the book i thought it was the foreword or a preface or something. As part of the conversion of the book to its new digital format, we have made certain minor adjustments in its layout, and have added a table of. His clarity of style, the perfection of his form, and the subtlety of his thought, thinly veiled by a worldly cynicism made him an international figure. The razors edge by william somerset maugham download eub. Cosmopolitans 1936, the summing up 1938, the razors edge 1944. For those unfamiliar with the story, the razors edge is about a flyer played by tyrone power in the film who returns from world war 1 full of survivors guilt and seeking answers to lifes most profound mysteries. I like his perspective as he writes this in the first person as himself which is a very unique. The razors edge william somerset maugham the razors edge is a novel by w.
Two additional, concise biographies, each from a different perspective. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. I was first introduced to somerset maugham by my father, who like myself, fell in love with the razor s edge at a young age in his early 20s. William somerset maugham was an english playwright, novelist and short story writer. The razor s edge quickly became a bestseller upon its publication in 1944, and was one of the first books to foreshadow the popularization of eastern philosophy and spirituality in western culture. Free ebooks for your new ereader smithsonian libraries unbound. The most ambitious of maugham s novels, this is also one in which maugham. Click download or read online button to get somerset maugham book now. Somerset maugham countryunited states languageenglish publisherdoubleday, doran publication date 1944 media typeprint pages314 isbn1400034205 oclc53054407 dewey decimal 8.
Somerset maugham was one the twentieth centurys most popular novelists as well as a celebrated playwright, critic, and short story writer. The progress of his spiritual odyssey involves him with some of maughams most brilliant characters his fiancee isabel whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and elliott templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate american snob pdf. It was released in 1946, and stars tyrone power, gene tierney, john payne, anne baxter, clifton webb, and herbert marshall, with a supporting cast including lucile watson, frank latimore, and elsa lanchester. The razors edge william somerset maugham the razor s edge is a novel by w.
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Growing up in india at a time when the british influence was still very strong, most of the books written in english were by british authors and they seemed. Nov 01, 2001 the razors edge tells the story of an american who, having prepared himself by acquiring a deep tan and donning indian garb, visits the guru shri ganesha and at his hands has an ecstatic spiritual experience, an experience of the same order as the mystics have had all over the world through all the centuries. Almost from the very second the razor s edge was made available to the reading public there has been a raging controversy as to if the storyline as presented by somerset maugham in what has turned out to be one of the bestselling novels of the 20th century was true or false, fact or fiction, real or not real. The razor s edge epub adobe drm can be read on any device that can open epub adobe drm files. The razors edge william somerset maugham read literature. Maugham last somerset maugham is famous primarily as a short story writer and this full length novel has the feel of a collection of short stories but this is not a criticism, it is a brilliant literally device which brings together his talent in both fields to very good effect. Maughams the moon and sixpence and the razors edge.
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Somerset maugham october 11, 2016 january 2, 2019 books weve read admin leave a comment somerset maugham has always been one of my most favorite authors. The main characters of this fiction, classics story are elliott templeton, larry darrell. Lots of maugham graphics, from early childhood to late adult. Publication date 1944 topics iiit collection digitallibraryindia. Set in chicago, paris, and india in the 1920s and 30s, it involves characters.
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