The Razor’s Edge (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: W. Somerset Maugham
- First Published: 1944
- Type of Work: Philosophical realism
- Time of Work: The 1920’s and 1930’s
- Setting: Chicago, Paris, and India
- Principal Characters: Larry Darrell, Isabel Bradley Maturin, Gray Maturin, Elliot Templeton, Sophie Macdonald, W. Somerset Maugham
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Values, Perception, Philosophy or philosophers, Twentieth century, Social issues, Paris, Chicago, Spiritual life or spirituality, Good and evil, Mysteries, India or East Indian people, Idealism
- Locales: Paris, France, Chicago, IL, Riviera, India
The Novel
When Larry Darrell returns to his native Chicago after having served as an aviator in World War I, he returns with a whole new set of values. He has experienced combat, and he has seen his closest friend killed. He has asked himself unanswerable questions. He returns briefly to the materialistic world of business that he left behind when he went to war, but the vacuity of that world becomes increasingly evident to him as he tries to make his readjustment to it.
Unwilling or unready to marry Isabel Bradley, the girl to whom he has been engaged, Larry embarks on...
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