MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
The Judgement Seat.
London: The Centaur Press , 1934.
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Limited Edition of The Judgement Seat; Signed by W. Somerset Maugham
Signed limited edition of this classic short story. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the front panel, top edge gilt, frontispiece. One of 150 numbered copies, this is number 133. Boldly signed by W. Somerset Maugham on the limitations page. In very good condition. From the library of Craig V. Showwalter with his bookplate to the rear pastedown.
W. Somerset Maugham’s short story “The Judgement Seat” follows three people—a husband, his wife Mary, and the husband’s lover—who die together in a shipwreck and awaken in a strange celestial courtroom awaiting divine judgment. As their tense triangle is laid bare, the story revisits the long aftermath of betrayal: Mary’s inability to forgive, the couple’s cold, duty-bound marriage, and the quiet damage caused by pride, resentment, and emotional cruelty. In a sharp reversal of expectations, Maugham suggests that what truly condemns them is not sexual sin itself, but their persistent lack of compassion, charity, and genuine love.
The Judgement Seat.
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