I knew little of Somerset Maugham besides his cool sounding name when I started reading. By delving into an author's short stories I feel that you get to know him more deeply than by reading the same number of pages in one novel. Scott Fitzgerald short stories the line I was fed was that Babylon Revisited was his most celebrated one, as if if you read only that you'd get the full flavor of the author. Do I really need to hear this 65 times in a row?. England doesn't like brown people or sex, gotcha. But too many of them follow one of two basic formulas: White guy loses his shit among the island natives or, Pretty lady has like soooo many lovers y'all omg. A few are quite good the stories of the spy are enjoyable. I've kind of given up on it for now, because I'm tired of feeling like I'm just reading the same two or three stories over and over again. Do Okay, so I haven't actually read all the way through this yet (still). Okay, so I haven't actually read all the way through this yet (still). I particularly enjoyed 'Rain', 'The Creative Impulse' and the Ashenden stories (which inspired Ian Fleming and his creation James Bond). But then it is rare to find a story that is not very good. has a very engaging style of writing that keeps you engrossed even when the 'story' isn't very good. I have enjoyed most of the stories I read. 65 Short Stories has been in my possesion (I happened to find a copy while rummaging my grandfather's cupboard for books)for 3-4 years now and I haven't read more than half of them. I generally cannot read more than 5-7 successive stories at a time. But then I am not a prolific reader of short stories.
I am not a prolific reader of short stories.
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