Ten By Maugham: A Collection of Short Stories by Somerset Maughamby Somerset Maugham
Ready for some math? KCRW Radio gathered 11 top-notch performers to read 20 of Maughams short stories on this ten-hour/ten-CD collection. The result is a wonderful portrait of the man and his writing that will delight fans and provide a pleasing introduction to the uninitiated. The stories, most written in a first-person memoir style and filled with social satire and probing human observations, express the authors sense of personal alienation alongside his hopeful message of individuality.
"The Trembling of a LeafA collection of short stories on the South Sea Islands, among which are the famous "Red," "Rain," and "The Fall of Edward Barnard," the last of which contains the basic story of what came to be one of the most well-known among W. Somerset Maugham's novels, The Razor's Edge.
It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham," wrote Gore Vidal. "He was always so entirely there." Reuploaded Thanks to Eugenius