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[kanthi]

These days, I am reading a  collection of short stories from Somerset Maugham. I see that many of his stories have a guy who has somehow lost interest in general routine life/ambitious career oriented life and is after simple "peace of mind". (In one of the character's own words, he is after "truth, beauty and peace of mind".) I mean, something

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[kruthi]

I would expect you to write about a person being nice to many people and at the same time trying to being right, causing damage to self in terms of mental dilemmas, guilt, physical exhaustion..

[kanthi]

I would write about a stupid sister :P

What would you write about ? :)

[kruthi]

ditto... infinite loop? :P

[pramodbiligiri]

You would write about a person who wakes up very early on Sunday mornings and goes for long drives :P

Btw, doesn't Somerset Maugham write well? I read Far from the Madding Crowd and it was beautifully written, though the theme is nothing great.

[kanthi]

Oh ! yes, he writes exceedingly well.. no doubt about that. Even in this collection of short stories, the themes are varied and bold and characters are sharply developed. All stories have a different taste. I just mentioned that one theme seems to be more of his favorite than the rest :)

[pramodbiligiri]

Er, scratch that. I just remembered that Far from the Madding Crowd is by Thomas Hardy.

But yeah, Somerset Maugham has been on my to-read list forever, mainly because of the short stories.