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... humour he will moan that humour is the death of fiction . In order to give the glow of life to brute fact it must be transmuted by passion , and so the only good novel Jules Renard wrote was when the passion of self - pity and the ...
... humour he will moan that humour is the death of fiction . In order to give the glow of life to brute fact it must be transmuted by passion , and so the only good novel Jules Renard wrote was when the passion of self - pity and the ...
Page 162
... humour which discerns the infinite diversity of human beings , and if Russian novels offer only a restricted variety of types it is perhaps because they are singularly lacking in hu- mour . In Russian fiction you will look in vain for ...
... humour which discerns the infinite diversity of human beings , and if Russian novels offer only a restricted variety of types it is perhaps because they are singularly lacking in hu- mour . In Russian fiction you will look in vain for ...
Page 319
William Somerset Maugham. had a strong sense of humour , the real Cockney humour , and when she wasn't in fear of her life was full of fun . She loved a good laugh . At last Bailey died . I went to see her after his death and she said to ...
William Somerset Maugham. had a strong sense of humour , the real Cockney humour , and when she wasn't in fear of her life was full of fun . She loved a good laugh . At last Bailey died . I went to see her after his death and she said to ...
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