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Arise! Awake! Approach the great and learn. Like the sharp edge of a razor is that path, so the wise say - hard to tread and difficult to cross.
- Katha-Upanishad (1.iii.14)
What is success? and what is happiness? and are they the same, or even closely related? Maugham's philosophical novel ponders these questions through the lives of its main characters and many minor characters as well. Maugham's prose is deceptively simple but readers will find a richness and depth to savor as they follow each ...more
- Katha-Upanishad (1.iii.14)
What is success? and what is happiness? and are they the same, or even closely related? Maugham's philosophical novel ponders these questions through the lives of its main characters and many minor characters as well. Maugham's prose is deceptively simple but readers will find a richness and depth to savor as they follow each ...more
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.
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