The tip of the razor

The “cut of the razors” is the genuine “school of morals” of European and American society at the beginning of the 20th century. Perhaps the novel contains the brightest characters that have ever come out of the pen of the Somerset Maugham. Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the meaning of life. Isabella, his bride, who has to make a difficult choice between love and wealth, the opinion of society and the desire to live in his own way. Elliot Templeton is a peculiar standard of snobbery, rising from the lower classes, now it strictly follows the rules of secular society. The novel “The tip of the razor” was twice filmed, and the 1946 film with Tyron Power in the title role received the Academy Award