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 54
A great part of our lives is occupied in reverie, and the more imaginative we are,
the more varied and vivid this will be. How many of us could face having our
reveries automatically registered and set before us? We should be overcome
with ...
A great part of our lives is occupied in reverie, and the more imaginative we are,
the more varied and vivid this will be. How many of us could face having our
reveries automatically registered and set before us? We should be overcome
with ...
Page 108
... civilized world of the eighteenth century the actors gave life a touch of fantasy.
Their disorderly existence was a lure to the imagination in the Age of Reason and
the heroic parts they played, the verse they spoke, invested them with a halo.
... civilized world of the eighteenth century the actors gave life a touch of fantasy.
Their disorderly existence was a lure to the imagination in the Age of Reason and
the heroic parts they played, the verse they spoke, invested them with a halo.
Page 164
My lack of imagination (for imagination grows by exercise and contrary to
common belief is more powerful in the mature than in the young) obliged me to
set down quite straightforwardly what I had seen with my own eyes and heard
with my ...
My lack of imagination (for imagination grows by exercise and contrary to
common belief is more powerful in the mature than in the young) obliged me to
set down quite straightforwardly what I had seen with my own eyes and heard
with my ...
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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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