![]() ![]() Faith reminds me of a subsequent short story by Graham Greene, ‘Morin’, – may he was inspired by Maugham on this one as the themes are uncanny similar. The 2 stories that leave the least impact are ‘Faith’ and ‘The Choice of Amyntas’. Maugham is raw in his style and while one can see streaks of his sardonic humor he is yet to develop his trademark stamp in these stories except for Daisy – but more on that later. Daisy in particular seems to merit an inclusion -indeed many Maugham lovers would have missed reading these short stories given they were published early in his career and not curated subsequently. Possibly Maugham didn’t think highly of any of them as he didn’t include any while issuing 3 volumes of his short stories collection. The book comprises of 6 stories – 2 of them really have great potential while the rest are a bit of ‘also rans’. This happens to be first short story collection published by Maugham and it is early days in his long journey to be acknowledged as one of the best short story writers who modelled his style on Maupassant. ![]()
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