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 84
... amused himself with thinking what he would write when he really got down to it and for another twenty with what he could have written if the fates had been kinder . He wrote a good deal of verse . He had neither imagination , nor ...
... amused himself with thinking what he would write when he really got down to it and for another twenty with what he could have written if the fates had been kinder . He wrote a good deal of verse . He had neither imagination , nor ...
Page 120
William Somerset Maugham. but it has some amusing scenes in it . The others fell between two stools . One portrayed the ... amuse , and I heightened the note . They were neither frankly realistic nor frankly theatrical . My indecision was ...
William Somerset Maugham. but it has some amusing scenes in it . The others fell between two stools . One portrayed the ... amuse , and I heightened the note . They were neither frankly realistic nor frankly theatrical . My indecision was ...
Page 154
... amused the de- lighted audience and the scenes that moved them to tears left me stone cold . That settled it . I sighed for the liberty of fiction and I thought with pleasure of the lonely reader who was willing to listen to all I had ...
... amused the de- lighted audience and the scenes that moved them to tears left me stone cold . That settled it . I sighed for the liberty of fiction and I thought with pleasure of the lonely reader who was willing to listen to all I had ...
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