All over all the time teachers are assigning students the task of reading then writing critiques, essays, and reviews on various pieces of classical literature. Some of those students are assigned or select W. Somerset Maugham's novel THE RAZOR'S EDGE. Sometimes their efforts end up on the net so they can be read not only by their teachers or classmates, but by just about anybody. Below are seven such critiques, essays, or reviews selected for their uniqueness, approach, presentation, and take on the novel:

1. LARRY IN THE RAZOR'S EDGE
   

2. MY MENTOR KOSTI
   

3. THE MEANING OF AMERICA
   

4. THE MEANING OF EUROPE IN THE RAZOR'S EDGE
   

5. PREMATURE DEATH
   

6. RAZOR'S EDGE: THE HINDU SOLUTION FOR EVIL AND THE ABSOLUTE
   

7. THE HINDU SOLUTION TO EVIL AND THE ABSOLUTE
   

Two additional reviews that should prove of some interest, especially so the movie review...for those who may not want to read the novel initially:

• MOVIE REVIEW: THE RAZOR'S EDGE
  

• BOOK REVIEW: The Razor's Edge
  

  FOOTNOTE [1]: Did Maugham Know About Sri Ramana Before Going To India?
  

  FOOTNOTE [2]: Sri Ramana and Eye Contact Sequences
  

  FOOTNOTE [3]: Maugham's Novel, True or False?
  

  LARRY DARRELL'S SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
  

  LARRY DARRELL, THE HOLY MAN, AND SWAMI RAMDAS
  

REVIEWS OF INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS

• Larry Darrell

• Isabel Bradley

• Gray Maturin

• Sophie MacDonald Nelson

• Elliott Templeton

• W. Somerset Maugham

• Kosti

• Shri Ganesha

ADDITIONAL GURUS, TEACHERS, AND SPIRITUAL GUIDES INFLUENTIAL IN DARRELL'S LIFE:

• Siddharameshwar Maharaj

• Swami Ramdas

• Shunyata

• Yasutani Hakuun Roshi

• THE MEETING: An Untold Story of Sri Ramana

• SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI: The Last American Darshan

THE BEST OF THE MAUGHAM BIOGRAPHIES:

• William Somerset Maugham
  

• W. Somerset Maugham: A Biography
  

• Maugham
  

• Literary Ambulance Drivers
  

SEE ALSO:

• Mercedes De Acosta

• Guy Hague

• Totapuri

• CHIYONO: Mugai Nyodai

RAZOR'S EDGE NOTES

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It should be brought to the attention of the reader that Maugham's novel The Razor's Edge was NOT his first attempt at using the THE EXACT SAME PLOT.

Maugham had used the same plot three previous times, but was unable to make it work until he turned his efforts to writing The Razor's Edge. His third and final attempt before the success of The Razor's Edge was done in 1924 --- a full twenty years before The Razor's Edge was published --- and found in The Road Uphill.

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