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The Razor's Edge

by W. Somerset Maugham · 1944

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Intimate acquaintances but less than friends, they meet and part in postwar London and Paris: Elliot, the arch-snob but also the kindest of men; Isabel, considered to be entertaining, gracious, and tactful; Gray, the quintessence of the Regular Guy; Suzanne, shrewd, roving, and friendly; Sophie, lost, wanton, with a vicious attractiveness about her; and finally Larry, so hard and so trustful, lost in the world's confusion. Their story, one of Somerset Maugham's best, encompasses the pain, passion, and poignancy of life itself.

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spiritualityspiritualityMore like thisLess of thisreligionreligionMore like thisLess of this
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1940s1940sMore like thisLess of thisIndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of thisParisParisMore like thisLess of thisFranceFranceMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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thought provokingthought provokingMore like thisLess of this
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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 314 pages

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