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There was a period when the stage was the doorway to romance and everyone connected with it seemed exciting and mysterious . In the civilized world of the eighteenth century the actors gave life a touch of fantasy .
There was a period when the stage was the doorway to romance and everyone connected with it seemed exciting and mysterious . In the civilized world of the eighteenth century the actors gave life a touch of fantasy .
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They complained that there was not enough action and Miss Mary Moore , then a popular actress , suggested that I should insert a burglary to make it more exciting . I began to think that I should never be able to write a piece that a ...
They complained that there was not enough action and Miss Mary Moore , then a popular actress , suggested that I should insert a burglary to make it more exciting . I began to think that I should never be able to write a piece that a ...
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It is no good for the ęstheticians to say that you ought not to be moved by a picture or a symphony because it fills you with erotic excitement or melts you to tears by reminding you of some longforgotten scene , or through its ...
It is no good for the ęstheticians to say that you ought not to be moved by a picture or a symphony because it fills you with erotic excitement or melts you to tears by reminding you of some longforgotten scene , or through its ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Literary Guild of America, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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