tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post1555114223304175898..comments2023-06-18T05:44:02.991-04:00Comments on My Maugham Collection: Of Human Bondage – Is It Worth While?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-32140443300814688642015-09-20T12:58:26.368-04:002015-09-20T12:58:26.368-04:00It is worth while.It is worth while.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08967813811804895750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-35647574562507333522015-08-20T08:43:17.550-04:002015-08-20T08:43:17.550-04:00And an interesting point about the middle class, n...And an interesting point about the middle class, no high-handedness in Philip, to which he's more of a victim. Only in more recent history that our focus goes to the victims. My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-39214863072728005612015-08-20T08:31:22.194-04:002015-08-20T08:31:22.194-04:00Isn't that often the case? It is only when you...Isn't that often the case? It is only when you get interested in an individual that the violence that is done to his life means anything to you. In <i>The Moon and Sixpence</i> is a passage about human communication and isolation that is deeply moving. Yes, it must be terrible to see one's work not properly appreciated. <br /><br />I find this review interesting because of "the My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-12733549049420991892015-08-19T20:11:40.436-04:002015-08-19T20:11:40.436-04:00Earlier today I was thinking about how some in Eng...Earlier today I was thinking about how some in England at that time didn't like the middle-class,"and their pathetic little morals" as Sackville-West puts it in The Edwardians. Philip Carey is thoroughly middle-class, but Maugham makes it okay to be middle-class. Perhaps the reason this reviewer is wondering if Carey is interesting enough is due to this. It must be nerve-racking forAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08967813811804895750noreply@blogger.com