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 35
... delight in fine words for their own sake , an innate eccentricity and love of embroidery , I do not know ; but the fact remains that ever since , English prose has had to struggle against the tendency to luxuriance . When from time to ...
... delight in fine words for their own sake , an innate eccentricity and love of embroidery , I do not know ; but the fact remains that ever since , English prose has had to struggle against the tendency to luxuriance . When from time to ...
Page 187
... delight a clique and never reach the great public will never delight posterity , for posterity will never hear about them . It is a consolation to the popular [ 187 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... delight a clique and never reach the great public will never delight posterity , for posterity will never hear about them . It is a consolation to the popular [ 187 ] THE SUMMING UP.
Page 220
... delight in listening to stories is as natural to human nature as the delight in looking at the danc- ing and miming out of which drama arose . That it exists unimpaired is shown by the vogue of the detec- tive novel . The most ...
... delight in listening to stories is as natural to human nature as the delight in looking at the danc- ing and miming out of which drama arose . That it exists unimpaired is shown by the vogue of the detec- tive novel . The most ...
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