Up at the Villa
An English widow in a Florentine villa performs one impulsive act of charity and spends the night disposing of the consequences. Maugham at his most economical.
An English widow in a Florentine villa makes one impulsive act of charity and spends the night disposing of its consequences. Maugham at his most economical, and most interested in what people do when the story turns against them. It is very short, and the plot machinery eventually shows, but the psychology holds up better than the mechanics.
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Tyler Cowen
Great fun at first, and very short. It ends up “overinvesting” in plot, but still for me a worthwhile read. It is best when at its most psychological.
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