Somerset Maugham

Introduction This is a story about familiarity and foreignness. Often when people meet or see others who are not like them, they end up creating preconceived notions and judgments about them. Their outward appearances can be deceptively incorrect. These opinions are biased and unfair and can lead to an air of suspicion and mistrust. The … Read more

A King & His Daughters This is a story about freedom, beauty, jealousy and faith. The story has a king who had an interesting way of naming his daughter. As the number of daughters would increase, he would change all of their names to form a set pattern. For example, all of them were named … Read more