Download Somerset Maugham's Rain: A Philosophical Journey AudioBook Free
Many critics consider "Rain" to be Maugham's finest short story and it offers shown to be wildly successful for an essay that is significantly less than 16,000 words, eventually getting him on the million dollars. What makes the storyplot standout, besides its exotic setting in the South Pacific, is the archetypal issue between the draw of the flesh and the draw of the spirit. This is taken to dramatic impact by the juxtaposition of an Christian missionary's disdain for a prostitute who he tries to convert but whom he ends up sleeping with, thus highlighting his own duplicity. The metaphor of the ceaseless rainwater, according to 1 critic, is the fact that it signifies an over-determined destiny, where there is "hardly any escape from what is pre-ordained and mother nature must take remain course". This booklet contains the original short account by Maugham as well as a brief introduction explaining why the storyplot echoes Nietzsche's views on the ugly world of moral beliefs.
