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Page 134
When I say that plays are ephemeral, I am of course not speaking of plays in
verse; the greatest and noblest of the arts can lend its own life to the humble
partner; I am speaking of the plays in prose with which our modern theatre is
alone ...
When I say that plays are ephemeral, I am of course not speaking of plays in
verse; the greatest and noblest of the arts can lend its own life to the humble
partner; I am speaking of the plays in prose with which our modern theatre is
alone ...
Page 138
He owes his originality to an idiosyncrasy, not of course peculiar to himself, that
had never before found expression on the stage. The English, whatever they
were in the Elizabethan era, are not an amorous race. Love with them is more ...
He owes his originality to an idiosyncrasy, not of course peculiar to himself, that
had never before found expression on the stage. The English, whatever they
were in the Elizabethan era, are not an amorous race. Love with them is more ...
Page 223
I have gone my way, following the course I had mapped out for myself, and trying
with my works to fill out the pattern I looked for. I think authors are unwise who do
not read criticisms. It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by ...
I have gone my way, following the course I had mapped out for myself, and trying
with my works to fill out the pattern I looked for. I think authors are unwise who do
not read criticisms. It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by ...
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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 Volume 60 of Mentor books Volume 5339 of Tauchnitz edition of British and American authors Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Literary Guild of America, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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