Katie’s Reviews > The Collected Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham: Volume 1 > Status Update

Finished The Luncheon, The Ant and the Grasshopper, and Home. Lunch. was cute and bitchy, A&G was an industry vs loafing story that made me chuckle, Home tugged at my heartstrings in a way that was surprising for 4 pages.
Loved being able to read 3 stories on the way to work, I feel like I’ve had a trio of mini croissants (lunch = almond , ant = chocolate, home = plain).

Finished Honolulu. A funny twist at the end but overall I found this one a bit dull.

Just finished The Fall of Edward Barnard. Really liked this one and can see the through line to The Razor’s Edge. For as long as Mr. Maugham wants to serve up the story of a gorgeous boy rejecting the American Dream in favour of loafing around for spiritual fulfilment, I will be banging my fork and knife on the table asking for more.

Finished the first story 2 days ago