'The Trembling of a Leaf' Is Free eBook Of The Day

The book is a collection of short stories written by Maugham on a sojourn through Mexico and the Pacific Islands, after working for British Intelligence during WWI.

Here is an excerpt from a story called The Pacific: “ The Pacific is inconstant and uncertain like the soul of man. Sometimes it is grey like the English Channel off Beachy Head, with a heavy swell, and sometimes it is rough, capped with white crests, and boisterous.