The Trembling of a Leaf, the Glossary
The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands is a collection of short stories by W. Somerset Maugham, first published in New York in 1921 by the George H. Doran Company.[1]
Table of Contents
19 relations: Apia, Calabash, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Chicago, George H. Doran Company, Gerald Haxton, Greenwood Publishing Group, Half-caste, Honolulu, Kincardineshire, Library of Congress, Pago Pago, American Samoa, Peter Finch, Red-light district, Samoan Islands, Short story, Tahiti, Upolu, W. Somerset Maugham.
- 1921 short story collections
- Oceania in fiction
- Short story collections by W. Somerset Maugham
Apia
Apia is the capital and only city of Samoa.
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Calabash
Calabash (Lagenaria siceraria), also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania bean, and opo squash, is a vine grown for its fruit.
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Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (23 December 1804 – 13 October 1869) was a French literary critic.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
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George H. Doran Company
George H. Doran Company (1908–1927) was an American book publishing company established by George Henry Doran.
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Gerald Haxton
Frederick Gerald Haxton (1892 – November 7, 1944), a native of San Francisco, was the long term secretary and lover of novelist and playwright W. Somerset Maugham.
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Greenwood Publishing Group
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio.
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Half-caste
Half-caste is a term used for individuals of multiracial descent.
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Honolulu
Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean.
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Kincardineshire
Kincardineshire or the County of Kincardine, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic A' Mhaoirne meaning "the Stewartry"), is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of northeast Scotland.
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Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.
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Pago Pago, American Samoa
Pago Pago (Samoan)Harris, Ann G. and Esther Tuttle (2004).
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Peter Finch
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 191614 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor of theatre, film and radio.
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Red-light district
A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters, are found.
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Samoan Islands
The Samoan Islands (Motu o Sāmoa) are an archipelago covering in the central South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and of the wider region of Oceania.
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Short story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction.
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Tahiti
Tahiti (Tahitian) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia.
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Upolu
Upolu is an island in Samoa, formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano which rises from the seafloor of the western Pacific Ocean.
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W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories.
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See also
1921 short story collections
- American Indian Stories
- Berry and Co.
- Monday or Tuesday
- Smith and the Pharaohs
- Tender Shoots
- The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
- The Sunny Side
- The Trembling of a Leaf
- The Triumph of the Egg
- Yeki Bud Yeki Nabud
Oceania in fiction
- Dagon (short story)
- George Lewis Becke
- Gilligan's Island
- Island Nights' Entertainments
- Jungle de Ikou!
- Oceanic Airlines
- Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths
- Out of the Aeons
- South Sea Tales (London collection)
- Supplément au voyage de Bougainville
- Tales of the South Pacific
- Tarzan and the Castaways
- The Call of Cthulhu
- The Trembling of a Leaf
Short story collections by W. Somerset Maugham
- Ah King
- Ashenden: Or the British Agent
- Creatures of Circumstance
- The Casuarina Tree
- The Mixture as Before
- The Trembling of a Leaf