W. Somerset Maugham - The Moon and Sixpence
Penguin Books 468, 1972
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This story was loosely based on the life of Paul Gauguin.

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W. Somerset Maugham - The Razor's Edge
Penguin Books 1860, 1978
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W. Somerset Maugham - The Narrow Corner
Penguin Books 1852, 1977
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Remember that man’s life lies all within this present, as ’t were but a hair’s-breadth of time; as for the rest, the past is gone, the future yet unseen. Short, therefore, is man’s life, and narrow is the corner of the earth wherein he dwells.
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations. iii. 10.

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W. Somerset Maugham - The Summing Up
Penguin Books 1852, 1971
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W. Somerset Maugham - The Painted Veil
Penguin Books 872, 1971
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