1926 Maugham, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright is best remembered for his novel Of Human Bondage The Casuarina Tree contains six stories by Maugham including Before the Party P and O The Outstation The Force of Circumstance The Yellow Streak and The Letter. Read The Casuarina Tree author W. Somerset Maugham – cosmologychris.co.uk
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- Paperback
- 320 pages
- The Casuarina Tree
- W. Somerset Maugham
- English
- 03 May 2017 W. Somerset Maugham
- 0749306890
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I chose to read this after my visit to the Raffles Hotel Long bar in Singapore where Maugham use to have many a tipple and gather gossip to base his stories on According to the historian at Raffles Hotel Maugham use to ask for a table to be set up behind a frangipani tree out in the courtyard where he could overhear stories of intrigue, lust and murder All the stories in...
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here The Force of Circumstance is a story which tells about a man, Guy, and his wife, Doris They live in Malaysia Guy moved there right after his schooling and lived there for years He left once and he came back with his wife, Doris At first they are very happy but once Doris notices a young Malay woman with three half caste children hanging around the bungalow and annoying Guy very much Then she learns from Guy that he had a relationship with the woman and that that children are his Doris ne The Force of Circumstance is a story which tells about a man, Guy, and his wife, Doris They live in Malaysia Guy moved there right after his schooling and lived there for years He left once and he came back with his wife, Doris At first they are very happy but once Doris notices a young Malay woman with three half caste children hanging around the bungalow and annoying Guy very much Then she learns from Guy that he had a relationship with the woman and that that children are his Doris needs time to consider this shattering news, but almost nothing has changed Doris refuses to share her bedroom with Guy and the atmosphere is strained Eventually Doris...
A lovely book of British Borneo at the turn of the last century A wonderful re read of Maugham s short stories He beautifully characterises the colonials and their attitude towards the natives and vice versa The episodes are wonderfully real, the loneliness and desolation which break lesser men and women, their quirks an...
This is a collection of short stories about the English abroad during colonial times I particularly enjoyed The PO and The Force of Circumstance but most of other stories left me a little underwhelmed Overall I thought it was an interesting depiction of colonial life at the time ...
I loved these vignettes of colonial life in the early twentieth century in the Tropics.Living out here, I can imagine the problems the English must have had in the early days the climate, the boredom, the loneliness I m not a short story fan but I thought these were great and loved Maugham s style.
Interesting group of 7 short stories set in Malaysia near the end of the British empire They tell stories about the British, giving their class attitude toward other British colonials and the native inhabitants.
Collection of short stories which all take place in remote outposts of the British Empire, mainly Malaysia, circa the World War I era Great stories with fantastic pacing leading up to well thought out climaxes.
A great book full of interesting short stories Some just for fun, some taking your imagination and posing serious questions that make you reflect on life s happenings.
The Casuarina tree is very common in Malaysia Apparently the dayaks used its sap for their poison arrows