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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It was still impossible to interest the public in the lower classes. Novels and plays
that dealt with them were very generally considered sordid. It will be curious to
see if now that these classes have acquired political power the public at large will
...
It was still impossible to interest the public in the lower classes. Novels and plays
that dealt with them were very generally considered sordid. It will be curious to
see if now that these classes have acquired political power the public at large will
...
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subject with interest. The best way of learning how to write a play is to see one of
your own produced. That will teach you how to write lines that the actors find easy
to say and, if you have an ear, how far you can carry the rhythm of a sentence ...
subject with interest. The best way of learning how to write a play is to see one of
your own produced. That will teach you how to write lines that the actors find easy
to say and, if you have an ear, how far you can carry the rhythm of a sentence ...
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It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the
persons whom the playwright introduces at the beginning of his play so firmly that
if the interest is then switched off to other persons who enter upon the scene later,
...
It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the
persons whom the playwright introduces at the beginning of his play so firmly that
if the interest is then switched off to other persons who enter upon the scene later,
...
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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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