Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
-- W. Somerset Maugham
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For the complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]
The Summing Up, ch. 73 (1938)More about this quote: wist.info/maugham-william-some…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #maugham #somersetmaugham #wsomersetmaugham #aging #completeness #gettingold #goodlife #growingold #livingwell #oldage #perspective #pleasure
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For the complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]
The Summing Up, ch. 73 (1938)More about this quote: wist.info/maugham-william-some…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #maugham #somersetmaugham #wsomersetmaugham #williamsomersetmaugham #aging #completeness #goodlife #growingold #oldage #perspective #pleasure #gettingold #livingwell -
Photo of William Somerset Maugham, by Carl Van Vechten, May 26, 1934 https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/02/05/photo-of-william-somerset-maugham-by-carl-van-vechten-may-26-1934/ #hermeneuticon #iconomancy #wSomersetMaugham #WilliamSomersetMaugham -
I am now going to drink tea and read a short story by Somerset Maugham, for whom I think the designation "first rate second rate writer" was originally coined. Then I'll go to bed!
Image: W. Somerset Maugham, photo by Paul Thompson -- Wikimedia Commons -- Public domain
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Been listening to the well performed youtube audiobooks of #ShortStories that are collected in #WSomersetMaugham's #TheCasuarinaTree (1926).
Four stories listened to so far, not quite in order, and it looks clear that the violence of, and corrosive effects of, #Colonialism was common knowledge in Britain.
Before the Party
P. & O.
The Outstation
The Force of Circumstance
The Yellow Streak
The LetterA novel #TheHouseOfDoors and #TheLetter are both based on a real event.
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The Painted Veil, a 1934 Greta Garbo romantic melodrama. Based on a Somerset Maugham story. The introduction of the Production Code earlier in 1934 results in characters whose behaviours make no sense but it looks good and Garbo is terrific.
My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-painted-veil-1934.html
#30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #precode #precodemovie #precodemovies #precodehollywood #GretaGarbo #romance #romancemovie #romancemovies #melodrama #wSomersetMaugham
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W. Somerset Maugham’s 1921 short story Miss Thompson, the source for the terrific 1932 movie Rain. A battle of wills between a prostitute and a preacher on a Pacific island. An excellent nuanced story by a neglected writer.
My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/06/w-somerset-maughams-miss-thompson-rain.html
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Today's episode of featured Wiki of the Day is on the article W. Somerset Maugham.
Listen to the new episode here: https://wikioftheday.com/wotdep.php?pod=featured&epnum=2456See our archives or subscribe here: https://wikioftheday.com
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Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
-- W. Somerset Maugham⬆ #Quotes #WSomersetMaugham #Excess #Moderation
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #360panorama #NewMexico
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The 1929 version of The Letter might not be as good as the 1940 version and it doesn't have Bette Davis but it is pre-code so it's much more salacious and sexually honest and Jeanne Eagels' performance is outrageous. It's worth a look.
My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-letter-1929.html
#classicmovie #classicmovies #goldenagehollywood #1920smovie #1920smovies #precode #precodehollywood #precodemovie #precodemovies #JeanneEagels #WSomersetMaugham
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Lewis Milestone’s tropical melodrama Rain (1932), based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham. The story of a power struggle between a prostitute (Joan Crawford) and a preacher man (Walter Huston). One of the essential pre-code movies.
My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/05/rain-1932-blu-ray-review.html
#precodehollywood #precodemovies #precode #classicmovies #classicmovie #1930smovie #goldenagehollywood #JoanCrawford #WalterHuston #WSomersetMaugham Maugham #LewisMilestone
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Read my "Did Not Finish" review of W. Somerset Maugham's 1944 classic "The Razor's Edge," set among the edgy soul-sick youth of the Jazz Age's Lost Generation but not written until an entire generation afterwards by someone now in his seventies, and feeling like it through every torturous, tedious page. Another gin and tonic before you're off to India, you say? Right-ho, governor! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5486210580
#review #book #novel #WSomersetMaugham #TheRazorsEdge #LostGeneration #JazzAge
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"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it." - W. Somerset Maugham #WednesdayMotivation #QuoteOfTheDay #ContinuousImprovement #Coaching #LyonStrategic #WSomersetMaugham
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The 1926 silent film “The Magician”, based on the 1908 Nobel of the same name by W Somerset Maugham. The character of Oliver Haddo was inspired by Maugham’s encounters with Aleister Crowley.
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Joan Crawford in Rain (1932). Her career-best performance and Rain is one of the three or four best of all the pre-code movies. A battle of wills between a prostitute and a preacher (played by Walter Huston).
Based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham.
#precode #PreCodeHollywood #JoanCrawford #WSomersetMaugham #FilmMastodon #classicmovies #WalterHuston
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Latest read, The Lotus Eater (1935) by W. Somerset Maugham. Two friends, vacationing in Capri, meet an Englishman who gave up his life as a bank clerk to live on the island until his money runs out; after which, he claims he will commit suicide.
But human will is another matter.
Coming to love Maugham, such an articulate storyteller. If there is a coolness it only serves to add to his precision and observations.
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Rex Ingram's The Magician, a 1926 horror melodrama based on W. Somerset Maugham’s novel of the same name. The novel was Maugham's hatchet job on Aleister Crowley.
One of the best American horror movies of the silent era.
My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-magician-1926.html
#WSomersetMaugham #SilentFilms #horrormovies #AleisterCrowley
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One of Sir Tristan's dream projects was a remake of The Razor's Edge.
In cat cinema, the audience will actually watch a character meditate.
#CatsOfMastodon #Cats #CatsOfTwitter #ManyFacesofPickle #CatsOfImagination
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Bette Davis gives her career best performance in William Wyler's steamy overheated noirish tropical melodrama The Letter (1940). Based on a story by Somerset Maugham. Great movie.
My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2012/01/letter-1940.html
#BetteDavis #WSomersetMaugham #WilliamWyler #Noirvember #FilmNoir
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Unfashionable writers you need to read - W. Somerset Maugham. Especially his short stories which are among the best ever written.