Category: Short Stories

The Lotus Eater – Review

Short Story: The Lotus Eater Author: W. Somerset Maugham Year: 1935 The will needs obstacles in order to exercise its power; when it is never thwarted, when no effort is needed to achieve one's desires, because one has placed one's desires only in the things that can be obtained by stretching out one's hand, the will... Continue Reading →

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The Open Window – Review

Book: The Open Window Author: Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) Year: 1914 Saki. The name struck me as odd. It just didn't sound English, or American for that matter, at all. I later learnt that it was not. Saki, the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro, is based on a character of a play. Wikipedia says, The name Saki... Continue Reading →

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