The Truth of the World
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About This Novel
"The Truth of the World" contains ten short stories. "The Fall of Edward Barnard" tells the story of the protagonist who was forced to go to Tahiti in the South Pacific to do business after his father went bankrupt and committed suicide. At first, he was determined to return to Chicago and marry his girlfriend Isabel after winning wealth and opportunities. But two years later, his thoughts underwent earth-shaking changes... Maugham here created an image of breaking with the Western world, and regarded life in a semi-primitive state of nature far away from material civilization as an ideal model. "Before the Banquet" depicts the image of a woman who suffered misfortune in her marriage, experienced helplessness and hopelessness in Borneo, a colony in the Far East, until she became cold and heartless...
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