This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. William Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. Content: The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands The Pacific Mackintosh The Fall of Edward Barnard Red The Pool Honolulu Rain Envoi
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Уильям Сомерсет Моэм. The Trembling of a Leaf Collection – Rain & Other South Sea Stories
The Trembling of a Leaf Collection – Rain & Other South Sea Stories
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Table of Contents
I. The Pacific
II. Mackintosh
III. The Fall of Edward Barnard
IV. Red
V. The Pool
VI. Honolulu
VII. Rain
VIII. Envoi
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William Somerset Maugham
II Mackintosh
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"Father's just unpacking some cases that have come in this morning. I'll tell him you're here."
He sat down and the girl went out behind the shop. In a moment her mother waddled in, a huge old woman, a chiefess, who owned much land in her own right; and gave him her hand. Her monstrous obesity was an offence, but she managed to convey an impression of dignity. She was cordial without obsequiousness; affable, but conscious of her station.
