I resented this book, because I loved Maugham's later work. It is difficult to accept that the author of [b:Of Human Bondage|31548|Of Human Bondage|W. Somerset Maugham|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386924695s/31548.jpg|2547187] wrote this one: it's not only weak, it's bad all through.The idea of ma...
Arthur Burdon is due to marry his fiance, Margaret Dauncey. The pair have the misfortune of meeting Oliver Haddo, a self-styled magician and pompous ass. When Arthur assaults Haddo, the Magician hatches a plan to ruin Arthur's life in the most insidious of ways...The Magician is a tale of revenge, s...
This book had me until the ending - the ending left me shaking my head. Made the rest of the story almost seem pointless :( Still, very well written and entertaining but uber dark in plot lines (occult, some hints at possible satanism with one character, mind control, etc. ) so you might want to kee...
One of my favorite of Maugham's. A great lesson in what happens when you get caught up in fantasy and ignore your reality. Bertha Ley, a girl from a privileged family, marries farmer Edward Craddock for the "fantasy" of marriage she has. She assumes life will be quiet bliss with her baking and raisi...
This was my first Maugham book and I'm very glad I was recommended it. The story was essentially the coming of age story of an orphaned boy who was born with a clubfoot.He tries to find himself in many different ways and places; in Germany, in Paris, in London etc. I loved the parts of the novel whi...
I was in love with the person who recommended me this book. And so when I realized that it was a book largely about a character obsessively in the throes of the first great love of his life, the experience of reading it began to resemble drunkenly meandering through a maze that became a hall of mir...
Like The Razor's Edge, I identified with the main character and enjoyed the novel immensely.
I had never read Maugham. I had heard of him. Razor Edge and more recently The Painted Veil because of Edward Norton's film adapted from it. I came upon a rec for Mrs Craddock in Jessica Crispin's Blog of a Bookslut in January. This blog usually gives out there, sometimes underground recs. So I put ...
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