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A group of students interpret their favorite scenes of the razors edge and add their own personal touch. All of the characters are well drawn, and you get the feeling that maugham is leaving stuff out rather than putting stuff in. He was born in paris but grew up in england and served as a secret agent for the british during world war i. Having first begun reading the book the summer before i left for college at 19, i unfortunately never got around to finishing it and. The razor s edge vintage international kindle edition by maugham, w. Somerset maugham kindle edition with audio multimedia cd video hardcover new or. Although larry darrell has returned home safely from active duty as a pilot in the great war, his experiences have left.
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The reason why the book works is because of the writing. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 314 pages and is available in paperback format. 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. The distributed proofreaders canada ebook of the razors. Its epigraph reads, the sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over.
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. Somerset maugham, english novelist, playwright, and shortstory writer whose work is characterized by a clear unadorned style, cosmopolitan settings, and a shrewd understanding of human nature. Pdf the razors edge by william somerset maugham download. The razors edge vintage international kindle edition by. Download the razors edge ebook pdf free therazorsedgesgs. I like his perspective as he writes this in the first person as himself which is a very unique. Somerset maughams novel the razors edge, though elliott templeton did some very generous things for his family members, one could hesitate to call him a christlike figure since he died. Somerset maugham was one the twentieth century s most popular novelists as well as a celebrated playwright, critic, and short story writer. The razors edge vintage international kindle edition by w. The razor s edge is an unusual amalgam threequarters witty social commentary about american and european society, onequarter eastern philosophy bound together by maugham s impeccable prose almost as though henry james and hermann hesse had collaborated. The razors edge vintage international by maugham, w. The razors edge is an unusual amalgam threequarters witty social commentary about american and european society, onequarter eastern philosophy bound together by maughams impeccable prose almost as though henry james and hermann hesse had collaborated. If you are familiar with somerset maugham then youll recognize razors edge as one of his best books.
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