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 132
... appearance . Ibsen's advent coincided with the movement for the liberation of women from the inferior position in which they had so long stood ; Shaw's with the revolt of youth from the conventionality of the Victorian epoch and the ...
... appearance . Ibsen's advent coincided with the movement for the liberation of women from the inferior position in which they had so long stood ; Shaw's with the revolt of youth from the conventionality of the Victorian epoch and the ...
Page 215
... appearance . The physical traits of a man influence his character and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his appearance . You cannot make a tall man short and otherwise keep him the same . A man's ...
... appearance . The physical traits of a man influence his character and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his appearance . You cannot make a tall man short and otherwise keep him the same . A man's ...
Page 254
... appearance of simplicity to problems which I had not been able to make head or tail of . But much as I should have liked to I could not bring myself to believe , as they did , that truth is fashioned by us to meet our practical needs ...
... appearance of simplicity to problems which I had not been able to make head or tail of . But much as I should have liked to I could not bring myself to believe , as they did , that truth is fashioned by us to meet our practical needs ...
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