The Summing Up

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Penguin, 1973 - 202 pages
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Autobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft.

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One of my favourite bedside books of all time. I wore my first copy into pieces from overuse. I don't know of another book quite like it. Read full review

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This is one of the best books I read for providing a philosophical view of life. It is a book I intend to read again. Read full review

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About the author (1973)

Writer William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris on January 25, 1874. He attended St. Thomas's Medical School in London. A prolific writer, Maugham produced novels, short stories, plays, and an autobiographical novel, "Of Human Bondage." Although he remains popular for his novels and short stories, when he was alive his plays, now dated, were also popular, and in 1908 four of his plays ran simultaneously. Maugham died in Nice, France, on December 16, 1965.

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TitleThe Summing Up
AuthorW. Somerset Maugham
PublisherPenguin, 1973
ISBN0451502299, 9780451502292
Length202 pages
  
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