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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viii I had been taken away from the French school and went for my lessons every
day to the apartment of the English clergyman at the church attached to the
Embassy. His method of teaching me English was to make me read aloud the ...
viii I had been taken away from the French school and went for my lessons every
day to the apartment of the English clergyman at the church attached to the
Embassy. His method of teaching me English was to make me read aloud the ...
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It smacks of the English soil. To my mind King James's Bible has been a very
harmful influence on English prose. I am not so stupid as to deny its great beauty.
It is majestical. But the Bible is an oriental book. Its alien imagery has nothing to
do ...
It smacks of the English soil. To my mind King James's Bible has been a very
harmful influence on English prose. I am not so stupid as to deny its great beauty.
It is majestical. But the Bible is an oriental book. Its alien imagery has nothing to
do ...
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I have read many books on English prose, but have found it hard to profit by them
; for the most part they are vague, unduly theoretical, and often scolding. But you
cannot say this of Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. It is a valuable ...
I have read many books on English prose, but have found it hard to profit by them
; for the most part they are vague, unduly theoretical, and often scolding. But you
cannot say this of Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. It is a valuable ...
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| Title | The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1 Armed Services ed Armed Services editions Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham Volume 5339 of Collection of British authors International Collector's Library Mentor book Volume 5339 of Tauchnitz edition of British and American authors Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Authors | William Somerset Maugham, Maria Dermoût |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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