Author: | W. Somerset Maugham | ISBN: | 9780307785084 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | January 26, 2011 |
Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
Author: | W. Somerset Maugham |
ISBN: | 9780307785084 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Publication: | January 26, 2011 |
Imprint: | Vintage |
Language: | English |
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.
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.