THE RAZOR'S EDGE
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL PEOPLE HAVE SOUGHT ENLIGHTENMENT AND SPIRITUAL AWAKENING. SUCH WAS THE CASE OF A YOUNG AMERICAN CALLED LAURANCE DARRELL FOLLOWING A DEVASTATING WARTIME EVENT. SEEKING AN ANSWER TO LIFE AND THE INFINITE HE TRAVELED TO INDIA EVENTUALLY STUDYING UNDER A VENERATED MAHARSHI. HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS, HE EXPERIENCED ENLIGHTENMENT. BRITISH AUTHOR W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM CHRONICLED HIS STORY IN A BOOK HE CALLED THE RAZOR'S EDGE.
- ZEN ENLIGHTENMENT: The Path Unfolds
Recounts meeting "Larry Darrell" in real life and the downstream results of that encounter.- THE RAZOR'S EDGE: W. Somerset Maugham, Sri Ramana Maharshi, Guy Hague, and Zen
Explores who Larry Darrell was in "real life" and what happened to him post-novel.
- THE RAZOR'S EDGE: True or False?
All important Footnote [3]- THE MEETING: An Untold Story of Sri Ramana
- THE SAINT
Before he left for India did Somerset Maugham know about and intend to visit Sri Ramana Maharshi?- SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI
Insights and background into the "holy man" Maugham used as a model for Larry Darrell's teacher.Additional gurus, teachers and spiritual guides influential in Darrell's life:
- W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM: Travels In India
Just when was Maugham in India and meet the Maharshi Sri Ramana?- RELIGION AND CATHOLICISM IN THE RAZOR' EDGE
Although eastern mysticism is the main focus in Maugham's novel, threads of other religions abide.- THE RAZOR'S EDGE
Indepth exploration of Maugham's novel by a former college professor of English Literature.- RAZOR'S EDGE NOTES
Quick overview of the novel's major characters and themes done in a list-type note style.- MAXIM'S RESTAURANT, PARIS, AND THE RAZOR'S EDGE
Maxim's was the backdrop to one of Isabel and Larry's major meetings.- LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS
In WWI, Larry, an American, served in the Royal Flying Corps. Watching his closest friend die sent him on his spirtual quest. Years later he meets a friend who flew for the French.- AS THE DAY BROKE IN ITS SPLENDOR
Larry tells Maugham of his meeting with the Maharshi and eventual spiritual awakening.- SEVEN RAZOR'S EDGE REVIEWS
Seven highly interesting "takes" and reviews on Maugham's novel, each one written from a varied view or perspective by different high school students.- WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Good biography. Lots of Maugham graphics, from early childhood to late adult.
Two additional, concise biographies, each from a different perspective:
- HERE LIES THE HEART
Feminine seductress Mercedes De Acosta tells or her meeting with Sri Ramana and writes of Maugham.- W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM ARCHIVES
Links to various Maugham-related university-college collections and archives.
Includes link to the art collection of W. Somerset Maugham.- KATHA UPANISHAD
Maugham opens his novel and gets the title THE RAZOR'S EDGE from the Katha Upanisand. What is the Katha Upanishad?- THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE RAZOR'S EDGE
To exist on the "Razor's Edge" is to be like Nagarjuna, a master at managing the middle ground.- THE RAZOR'S EDGE MOVIE REVIEW
Fairly faithful to novel. 1946 20th Century Fox release. Black and white, stars Tyrone Power.- 20th CENTURY NOVELS: The Razor's Edge
Maugham's novel was a runnaway bestseller. Some of the reasons why are explored.

