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[Del424]

Thought that maybe Miss Thompson could do with a fresh start, it being thjrown into further debate every time a new question comes in.  Found this site to just confuse the issue further or maybe raise the question of whether both popular answers should be accepted.

sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~jmcd/book/revs2/toal.html - 4k

[Del424]

sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~jmcd/book/revs2/toal.html - 4k - Cached - Similar pages 

[Del424]

Links are not working tonight.

I was reading a review of Trembling of a Leaf and it merely serves to confuse the issue further.

"Finally, "Rain" is an excellent and fairly well-known story, in which Maugham takes us to Pago-pago where he ravishes the notion of the holy missionary (a figure prevalent in the history of South Pacific islands). The story (also entitled "Miss Thompson" or "Sadie Thompson") springs from actual events he witnessed, and has been made into no fewer than three movies. It is disturbing, and wonderfully evokes the wet sultry nights in the islands".

However, despite my support all week for 'Miss Thompson' I think we shall be going with 'Rain'.

[boaw]

The Oxford Companion to English Literature and Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters give `Rain` as the title of the original short novel.  The Companion goes on to say that it was staged and filmed several times. The novel appears in the series `The Trembling of a Leaf``

[alunrw]

Del
This is a tricky one, so many conflicting opinions - these are leading me towards Miss Thompson, but im not at all convinced - this will be a last minute job.(om sure therea many more that will convince me it's Rain :-)

http://www.gildasattic.com/Sadie.html
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761578219/Maugham.ht ml
http://www.gigfoot.net/lol/facts/3982.html
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~jmcd/book/revs2/toal.html
http://www.geocities.com/husociology/europe5.htm

[alunrw]

and another

http://www.cinemaminima.com/rain/rain.txt

However ive found as many, if not more that state it as bein Rain ???

[silly moo]

As I've said in the earlier Q, I actually have a copy of the story on my bookshelves and the story is called 'rain'
I honestly cannot see how that can be wrong.

[Bobadob]

My County Reference Library holds a copy of "TheTrembling of a Leaf"(not a first edition), "Rain" is the title of the last story in the book. The main female character in this story is a prostitute named Sadie Thompson!

The book was first published in 1921.

[alunrw]

Fair enough, im only able to check on-line,As you have the book, think I will go with RAIN after all.

Thank you

[tr1ckst3r]

http://www.greatposters.com/hayworth.html

Found this site which gives the answer as the film being based on "Rain"

[tr1ckst3r]

http://members.tripod.com/~claudia79/sadie.html

Just to confuse things even more, this one says the book is Miss Thompson and that the film is based on a stage play called Rain.

[Del424]

I think we should all bow down and thank Silly Moo for actuallu having a copy of this book.  It would be difficult for Vic and Dave to claim that the actual book was wrong.  We can look at web sites, literary campanions and encyclopaedia's until we are blue in the face but none can be more help than a copy of the book.

Thanks Silly Moo.