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The Razor's Edge Lesson Plan
36,026 words, approx. 120 pages
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| Name: |
W. Somerset Maugham | | Birth Date: |
January 25, 1874 | | Death Date: |
December 16, 1965 | | Place of Birth: |
Paris, France | | Place of Death: |
Nice, France | | Nationality: |
French | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
Writer, Editor |
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 Biography of W(illiam) Somerset Maugham
1478 words, approx. 4.9 pages
 Novelist, playwright, short-story writer, travel writer, autobiographer, and essayist, W. Somerset Maugham wrote only one collection of short stories that justifies his inclusion in any discussion of spy fiction: Ashenden; or The British Agent (1928). St... summary from source:
 Biography of William Somerset Maugham
520 words, approx. 1.7 pages
The British novelist William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), one of the most popular writers in English in the 20th century, is noted for his clarity of style and skill in storytelling. Born in Paris, on Jan. 25, 1874, where his father was solicitor to the... summary from source:
Biography of W(illiam) Somerset Maugham
12200 words, approx. 40.7 pages
 When William Somerset Maugham celebrated his seventh birthday in Paris, he received from Lady Anglesey, a family friend, a generous gift of twenty francs. Asked how he planned to use his money, young Willie (as he preferred to be addressed) eagerly respo...
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 The Razor’s Edge Information
1,300 words, approx. 4 pages
The Razor's Edge is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham written in 1944. Its epigraph reads, "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard." —Katha-Upanishad. The Razor's Edge tells the story of...
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12/17/2006: 2,153 words, approx. 7 pagesLet the countdown begin. In addition to the rest of the holiday-season avalanche of awards announcements, 10-Best and 10-Worst lists, and last-minute openings to lure Christmas shoppers, moviegoers are now scratching their heads over two movies with titles similar enough to result in shopping-mall panic....
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Cecil Roberts
446 words, approx. 2 pages
All his life Maugham would ask what sort of thing is this soul. He put the question at length in The Razor's Edge, and gave an answer he did not really believe but which captured the approbation of the crowd, hence its tremendous success…. Maugham kept his large audience for five decades because of an acute contemporary sense. He timed The Razors Edge when a desire for religious comfort was arising from the sorrows of World War II. His hero seeks out the gurus, turns to Yoga and Buddhism. The ...
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The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham | |
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About 209 pages (62,545 words) in 12 products |
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