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 66
I would not claim for a moment that those years I spent at St Thomas's Hospital
gave me a complete knowledge of human nature. I do not suppose anyone can
hope to have that. I have been studying it, consciously and subconsciously, for
forty ...
I would not claim for a moment that those years I spent at St Thomas's Hospital
gave me a complete knowledge of human nature. I do not suppose anyone can
hope to have that. I have been studying it, consciously and subconsciously, for
forty ...
Page 142
The screen gave that artificiality which verse had once given to drama so that a
different standard of verisimilitude was set and improbability was acceptable if
only it gave rise to situation. It gave the opportunity for all manner of novel, ...
The screen gave that artificiality which verse had once given to drama so that a
different standard of verisimilitude was set and improbability was acceptable if
only it gave rise to situation. It gave the opportunity for all manner of novel, ...
Page 217
the writers who seemed to offer something new in technique, and this is very
comprehensible, for the novelties they presented gave a sort of freshness to well-
worn material and were a fruitful matter of discussion. It seems strange that so
much ...
the writers who seemed to offer something new in technique, and this is very
comprehensible, for the novelties they presented gave a sort of freshness to well-
worn material and were a fruitful matter of discussion. It seems strange that so
much ...
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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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