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What are our first impressions of the Davidsons from the opening pages of Rain by W. Somerset Maugham.
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... Rain by W. Somerset Maugham Our impression of the Davidson's. Task: What are our first impressions of the Davidsons from the opening pages of Rain by W. Somerset Maugham. Rain, by W. Somerset Maugham. If you were to type this information, these few words into a search engine on the internet, one such as 'Goggle', you would find a huge amount of information. This may not be surprising to some people, due to the huge amount of advertising that this technology has received. However, the mass array of information that would come up; is around three thousand nine hundred web sites, all about Somerset Maugham, and his short story Rain. This gives us an indication about how popular this story was, and, how it is. 'Rain' by Somerset Maugham was also turned into an hour and a half movie in 1932; another indication of its popularity. But we have to ask the question,
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