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The Casuarina Tree

By William Somerset Maugham

Release : 2022-06-10

Genre : Short Stories, Books, Fiction & Literature

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The Casuarina Tree is a collection of short stories set in the Federated Malay States during the 1920s by W. Somerset Maugham. The stories are loosely based on Maugham's experiences traveling in the region for about a year. The strong thread running through the stories is alienation and contrast – between people and cultures. For most of the characters, after a crisis in their circumstances, life seems to take up where it left off and closes over the revelations that brought on the drama. Maugham was considered persona non grata among the expatriate British community in the Federated Malay States following the publication of The Casuarina Tree as he was felt to have betrayed confidences and to have painted the community in an unflattering light through his focus on scandal. The major themes are class division, racial difference, adultery, personal competitiveness, and human nature in reaction to fate.
Contents:
Before the Party
P. & O.
The Outstation
The Force of Circumstance
The Yellow Streak
The Letter

The Casuarina Tree

By William Somerset Maugham

Release : 2022-06-10

Genre : Short Stories, Books, Fiction & Literature

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
The Casuarina Tree is a collection of short stories set in the Federated Malay States during the 1920s by W. Somerset Maugham. The stories are loosely based on Maugham's experiences traveling in the region for about a year. The strong thread running through the stories is alienation and contrast – between people and cultures. For most of the characters, after a crisis in their circumstances, life seems to take up where it left off and closes over the revelations that brought on the drama. Maugham was considered persona non grata among the expatriate British community in the Federated Malay States following the publication of The Casuarina Tree as he was felt to have betrayed confidences and to have painted the community in an unflattering light through his focus on scandal. The major themes are class division, racial difference, adultery, personal competitiveness, and human nature in reaction to fate.
Contents:
Before the Party
P. & O.
The Outstation
The Force of Circumstance
The Yellow Streak
The Letter

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