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Page 115
... wrote Lady Frederick . But its most effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so success- ful , was one in which the heroine in order to disil- lusion a young lover let him come into her dressing- room and discover her without ...
... wrote Lady Frederick . But its most effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so success- ful , was one in which the heroine in order to disil- lusion a young lover let him come into her dressing- room and discover her without ...
Page 156
... wrote these four plays in the order in which I expected them to be increasingly unsuccessful . I did not want to destroy my reputation with the public till I was definitely finished with it . The first two surprised me by having a ...
... wrote these four plays in the order in which I expected them to be increasingly unsuccessful . I did not want to destroy my reputation with the public till I was definitely finished with it . The first two surprised me by having a ...
Page 161
... wrote was called Liza of Lam- beth . It was accepted by the first publisher to whom I sent it . For some time Fisher Unwin had been bringing out in what he called The Pseudonym Series a number of short novels which had attracted a good ...
... wrote was called Liza of Lam- beth . It was accepted by the first publisher to whom I sent it . For some time Fisher Unwin had been bringing out in what he called The Pseudonym Series a number of short novels which had attracted a good ...
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