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The Razor's Edge

by W. Somerset Maugham

A search for meaning among worldly choices

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A search for meaning among worldly choices

Larry Darrell’s pursuit of spiritual understanding runs alongside the social and personal choices of those around him. Isabel faces a lasting choice between love and wealth, while her uncle Elliot Templeton embodies expatriate American snobbery. Maugham also appears within the story as an observing presence, linking these character studies to questions of fate and the search for an absolute. The novel brings spiritual seeking into contact with ambition, attachment, and social identity.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in fiction about spiritual searching and the pursuit of meaning.
  • Readers drawn to character relationships shaped by choices between love, wealth, and social standing.
  • Readers who enjoy novels in which the author appears as a presence within the story.

Themes

Spiritual seekingLove and wealthSocial identityChoice and fate

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Book overview

Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. The most ambitious of Maugham's novels, this is also one in which Maugham himself plays a considerable part as he wanders in and out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates.
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