The Trembling of a Leaf

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The Trembling of a Leaf is a 1921 collection of short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in the South Pacific, exploring themes of colonialism, morality, and human frailty.

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instanceOf book
short story collection
author W. Somerset Maugham
containsCharacter Sadie Thompson
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts European colonials in the South Pacific
indigenous island populations
explores clash between Western values and local cultures
psychological tension
sexual morality
firstPublicationPlace New York City
genre fiction
short stories
hasFormat ebook
hardcover
paperback
hasInfluenceOn adaptations of the story Rain
hasPart Envoi
Honolulu
Mackintosh
Rain
Red
The Fall of Edward Barnard
The Pool
The Trembling of a Leaf (short story)
hasSubject colonial administrators
guilt
isolation
missionaries
moral hypocrisy
temptation
traders
language English
literaryMovement realism
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
medium print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
publicationDate 1921
publisher George H. Doran Company
settingLocation South Pacific
theme colonialism
human frailty
morality
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century

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Sadie Thompson includedInCollection The Trembling of a Leaf
Alfred Davidson appearsIn The Trembling of a Leaf
The Trembling of a Leaf hasPart The Trembling of a Leaf (short story)
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