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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