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    A Study Guide for W. Somerset Maugham's "The Fall of Edward Barnard"
    A Study Guide for W. Somerset Maugham's "The Fall of Edward Barnard"
    A Study Guide for W. Somerset Maugham's "The Fall of Edward Barnard"
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    A Study Guide for W. Somerset Maugham's "The Fall of Edward Barnard"

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    A Study Guide for W. Somerset Maugham's "The Fall of Edward Barnard," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 15, 2016
    ISBN9781535836517
    A Study Guide for W. Somerset Maugham's "The Fall of Edward Barnard"

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      A Study Guide for W. Somerset Maugham's "The Fall of Edward Barnard" - Gale

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      The Fall of Edward Barnard

      W. Somerset Maugham

      1921

      Introduction

      W. Somerset Maugham's short story The Fall of Edward Barnard was published in The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands in 1921 (available from Replica Books). The story is principally about two young men from Chicago, Bateman Hunter and Edward Barnard, who have been friends since their college days. They are in love with the same woman, a Chicago socialite named Isabel Longstaffe. For reasons of business, Edward travels to the South Sea island of Tahiti. He is expected to return in two years and marry Isabel. But after a while, Edward discovers that he likes living on the island, and he has no plans to return. Bateman travels to Tahiti and tries to persuade Edward, whom he believes to be wasting his life, to return to Chicago. But Edward, who has discovered a new set of values in Tahiti, refuses to change his mind. He plans to marry a Tahitian girl and spend the rest of his life in this tropical paradise.

      Thematically, The Fall of Edward Barnard deals with a clash of cultures between East and West. Maugham uses much irony to ensure that the East, where life is lived closer to nature, is seen in a better light than the materialistic West, as represented by Bateman and Isabel. The story also presents ideas about the role the social and cultural environment plays in shaping human character, and it illustrates Maugham's dislike of conventional morality.

      Author Biography

      William Somerset Maugham was born at the British Embassy in Paris on January 25, 1874. His mother died when he was eight and his father, an English lawyer, died when Maugham was ten. Maugham was sent to England to live with his uncle, a clergyman, and his aunt in Whitstable. He attended King's School in Canterbury, then spent over a year in Germany. From 1892 to 1897, Maugham attended medical school at St. Thomas's Hospital in London, receiving an M. D. degree. However, he had no desire

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