i have a good eye, I can see a church by daylight . . .

Apr 18, 2004 09:43

I am remembering how it felt to play Beatrice opposite Danny's Benedick that day in May almost two years ago. Grand. I wish that had been our only requiem ( Read more... )

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overoceans April 18 2004, 11:19:34 UTC
I read "Of Human Bondage" in language camp in Germany, and all of the other campers would ask me what I was reading and when I told them they thought I was a kinky sex pervert.

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street_legal April 18 2004, 17:24:43 UTC
You weren't? Ah well. I got started on Maugham when I saw an old version of "The Razor's Edge" (which seems pretty cheesy now) and then I read the book and later his short stories. But I have never read "Of Human Bondage", because the one time I saw the back of the book it seemed very reminiscent of D.H. Lawrence, whom I find intensely annoying. But apparently I was mistaken because it is the story of a sad soul named Philip who is obsessed with a waitress, and so far so good . . .

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overoceans April 18 2004, 18:45:25 UTC
Maugham has a special place for me. I started off with "The Razor's Edge", which I liked a lot because of that Edward character (uhh- I think that was his name...the one that went to India). And then when I was in Germany I read "Of Human Bondage", and it turned out that my host father had this huge book of Maugham's short stories (in English!). I spent a lot of time in their basement reading that. So now Maugham is connected in my mind to Germany, especially since Phillip goes to Germany to learn German (as Maugham himself did), and since so many of his stories have people going there. There was this one where a pianist went to Munich and it talked about Marienplatz and all of these other places, and then I went there with my host family the next week, so everything just tied together and it was nice.

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street_legal April 19 2004, 15:17:53 UTC
sounds like we had similar-ish experiences. the Razor's Edge is for me connected to a summer in Prague (my father is Swiss, and in earlier years we went over to parts of Europe a good deal).
Larry Darryl was his name, only Maugham basically used the same plot in one of his short stories, and changed his name to Edward.

I'll let you know how I like the book.

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overoceans April 19 2004, 18:12:47 UTC
Oh yeah- Larry. I can never remember charcters' names unless they're in the title of the book.

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