Book review of The Dream written by Somerset Maugham in about 500 words.
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One of the most common yet feared dreams is the experience of falling in dreams or dreams of falling. The dream can be as simple as falling out of bed or as extreme as falling from top of a building, ladder, rooftop, mountain, cliff or even out of an airplane without a parachute, to name just a few. Yet, regardless of the height the dreamer is falling from in the dream, the experience is terrifying to the dreamer. As a result, the dreamer generally wakes up hyperventilated, afraid, filled with anxiety, sweating, struggling for each breath he takes, heart pounding in his chest as if it were about to explode. Somerset Maugham narrates one such experience of a dream that he heard from a Russian traveller in transit at Vladivostok, Russia’s largest port city.
Maugham meets a Russian at a Restaurant:
In August 1917, Somerset Maugham had to make a work-related trip from New York to Petrograd. As the trans-Siberian train started at nine in the evening, Maugham dined at the station restaurant. He shared table with a Russian man whose appearance seemed to entertain him. Soon, both got into conversation, and the author felt that the Russian was well-learned and that he was on his way back home after a long stint abroad.
The Russian’s Portrayal of his wife’s Disposition:
The Russian then proceeded to narrate about his life. Stating that he was a widower, he talked a great deal about his wife, a Swiss national. He had been married for ten years and lived on perfectly friendly terms, but for the fact that his wife had been extremely possessive of her love towards him. She was small and thin, and she had a bad complexion. She could not bear him to be attracted to any one but her. Hence, she was jealous not only of the women he knew, but of his friends, his cat and his books too. On one occasion she had even given off his coat because he had liked it so well. The Russian said that he was puzzled whether it was passionate love or passionate hate that she had for him.
One of the most common yet feared dreams is the experience of falling in dreams or dreams of falling. The dream can be as simple as falling out of bed or as extreme as falling from top of a building, ladder, rooftop, mountain, cliff or even out of an airplane without a parachute, to name just a few. Yet, regardless of the height the dreamer is falling from in the dream, the experience is terrifying to the dreamer. As a result, the dreamer generally wakes up hyperventilated, afraid, filled with anxiety, sweating, struggling for each breath he takes, heart pounding in his chest as if it were about to explode. Somerset Maugham narrates one such experience of a dream that he heard from a Russian traveller in transit at Vladivostok, Russia’s largest port city.
Maugham meets a Russian at a Restaurant:
In August 1917, Somerset Maugham had to make a work-related trip from New York to Petrograd. As the trans-Siberian train started at nine in the evening, Maugham dined at the station restaurant. He shared table with a Russian man whose appearance seemed to entertain him. Soon, both got into conversation, and the author felt that the Russian was well-learned and that he was on his way back home after a long stint abroad.
The Russian’s Portrayal of his wife’s Disposition:
The Russian then proceeded to narrate about his life. Stating that he was a widower, he talked a great deal about his wife, a Swiss national. He had been married for ten years and lived on perfectly friendly terms, but for the fact that his wife had been extremely possessive of her love towards him. She was small and thin, and she had a bad complexion. She could not bear him to be attracted to any one but her. Hence, she was jealous not only of the women he knew, but of his friends, his cat and his books too. On one occasion she had even given off his coat because he had liked it so well. The Russian said that he was puzzled whether it was passionate love or passionate hate that she had for him.
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