The Razor's Edge

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jan 26, 2011 - Fiction - 320 pages
Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's 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. The most ambitious of Maugham's novels, this is also one in which Maugham himself plays a considerable part as he wanders in and out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates.
 

Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
10
Section 3
13
Section 4
30
Section 5
55
Section 6
76
Section 7
80
Section 8
84
Section 15
169
Section 16
178
Section 17
187
Section 18
199
Section 19
202
Section 20
215
Section 21
236
Section 22
243

Section 9
97
Section 10
125
Section 11
135
Section 12
141
Section 13
147
Section 14
160
Section 23
257
Section 24
259
Section 25
270
Section 26
289
Section 27
299
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W. Somerset Maugham was one the twentieth century’s most popular novelists as well as a celebrated playwright, critic, and short story writer. He was born in Paris but grew up in England and served as a secret agent for the British during World War I. He wrote many novels, including the classics Of Human Bondage, Cakes and Ale, Christmas Holiday, The Moon and Sixpence, Theatre, and Up at the Villa.

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