Tag Archives: W. Somerset Maugham

A Defeat Better Than Many Victories

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Joel D. Hirst

“A Defeat Better Than Many Victories” Because that is what, at the end, life is about. And what better time to learn this simple truth, than these the worst years of all. For it is in the victories which you … Continue reading →

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Cakes and Ale

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

For those who don’t understand #BREXIT, a simple solution would be to immerse themselves in W. Somerset Maugham. In his flowing prose rests the fine nostalgia of an England of yesteryear, an England as things were – for years and … Continue reading →

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Rage Against the Dying

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

I’ve always thought that the best writers were those with too much money, or none at all. Both conditions leave the aspiring novelists and poets with the audacity to not give a two-penny damn about what others are saying or … Continue reading →

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Up at the Villa, Rain, and other short stories by W. Somerset Maugham

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Joel D. Hirst

I’ve been reading a great deal of W. Somerset Maugham lately; and I daresay it will continue. His tales of the human condition – of heartfelt mistakes and foolish blunders – juxtaposed against the matter-of-factness of imperialism in turn of … Continue reading →

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