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Page 166
The novelist should turn to the historical novel towards the end of his career,
when thought and the vicissitudes of his own life have brought him knowledge of
the world, and when, having for years explored the personalities of people
around ...
The novelist should turn to the historical novel towards the end of his career,
when thought and the vicissitudes of his own life have brought him knowledge of
the world, and when, having for years explored the personalities of people
around ...
Page 171
But when I compare my early novels with those that are written by young men
now I cannot but see that theirs are vastly ... time so much advanced that it is now
as easy to write a good novel as then it was difficult to write even a mediocre one.
But when I compare my early novels with those that are written by young men
now I cannot but see that theirs are vastly ... time so much advanced that it is now
as easy to write a good novel as then it was difficult to write even a mediocre one.
Page 216
They have thought that they were learning something when they read novels in
which the characters delivered their views ... The novel was regarded as a
convenient pulpit for the dissemination of ideas and a good many novelists were
willing ...
They have thought that they were learning something when they read novels in
which the characters delivered their views ... The novel was regarded as a
convenient pulpit for the dissemination of ideas and a good many novelists were
willing ...
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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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