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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Page 29
As I saw it in my mind's eye my book would have the appearance of an
immensely long telegram in which for economy's sake you had left out every
word that was not necessary to make the sense clear. I have not read it since I
corrected the ...
As I saw it in my mind's eye my book would have the appearance of an
immensely long telegram in which for economy's sake you had left out every
word that was not necessary to make the sense clear. I have not read it since I
corrected the ...
Page 40
Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that
you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to. I have read
many books on English prose, but have found it hard to profit by them; for the
most ...
Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that
you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to. I have read
many books on English prose, but have found it hard to profit by them; for the
most ...
Page 294
Though it can hardly be doubted that they too have a biologic utility, they have
superficially an appearance of disinterestedness which gives man the illusion
that through them he escapes from human bondage. Their nobility strengthens
his ...
Though it can hardly be doubted that they too have a biologic utility, they have
superficially an appearance of disinterestedness which gives man the illusion
that through them he escapes from human bondage. Their nobility strengthens
his ...
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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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