The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1This book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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... whole I think the most interesting and consist- ently amusing talker I ever knew was Edmund Gosse . He had read a great deal , though not very carefully , it appears , and his conversation was extremely intel- ligent [ 4 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... whole I think the most interesting and consist- ently amusing talker I ever knew was Edmund Gosse . He had read a great deal , though not very carefully , it appears , and his conversation was extremely intel- ligent [ 4 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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... amusing dia- logue , and an eye for theatrically effective charac- ter . The influence of Shaw led him to attach impor- tance to ideas that were somewhat commonplace and to suppose that the natural discursiveness of his mind was a ...
... amusing dia- logue , and an eye for theatrically effective charac- ter . The influence of Shaw led him to attach impor- tance to ideas that were somewhat commonplace and to suppose that the natural discursiveness of his mind was a ...
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... amusing trick , but nothing more . When writers , instead of using it as an occasional device for a par- ticular purpose , ironical , dramatic or explanatory , made it the basis of their work it proved tedious . I conjecture that what ...
... amusing trick , but nothing more . When writers , instead of using it as an occasional device for a par- ticular purpose , ironical , dramatic or explanatory , made it the basis of their work it proved tedious . I conjecture that what ...
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