Reading this now. And finding Maugham trite, misogynistic even beyond the author’s time and place, and lacking any stylistic oomph. Does anyone care to counterpoint or suggest what I might have missed? Or is this really just a middling fun yarn that could definitely be improved with some aliens or the undead? #wsomersetmaugham #quoteclassicsquote https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdqz-efLCLz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=









