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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... Stendhal has succeeded in making him en- tirely plausible , but that , I believe , is due to causes that I shall ... Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew his characters after the old models . He gave them ...
... Stendhal has succeeded in making him en- tirely plausible , but that , I believe , is due to causes that I shall ... Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew his characters after the old models . He gave them ...
Page 211
... Stendhal got the idea for it from an incident that at the time made a great stir : a young seminarist killed his mistress , was tried and guillotined . But Stendhal put into Julien Sorel , his hero , not only a great deal of himself ...
... Stendhal got the idea for it from an incident that at the time made a great stir : a young seminarist killed his mistress , was tried and guillotined . But Stendhal put into Julien Sorel , his hero , not only a great deal of himself ...
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... Stendhal , in one of his manu- scripts , has written the names of the persons who had suggested his characters ; Dickens , as we all know , portrayed his father in Mr Micawber and Leigh Hunt in Harold Skimpole . Turgenev stated that he ...
... Stendhal , in one of his manu- scripts , has written the names of the persons who had suggested his characters ; Dickens , as we all know , portrayed his father in Mr Micawber and Leigh Hunt in Harold Skimpole . Turgenev stated that he ...
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