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 216
... fiction . They had a news value . Their dis- advantage was that after a little while they were as unreadable as last week's paper . But the demand of this great new public for knowledge has of late given rise to the production of a ...
... fiction . They had a news value . Their dis- advantage was that after a little while they were as unreadable as last week's paper . But the demand of this great new public for knowledge has of late given rise to the production of a ...
Page 219
... fiction T go back , through innumerable generations , to the teller of tales round the fire in the cavern that shel- tered neolithic men . I have had some sort of story to tell and it has interested me to tell it . To me it has been a ...
... fiction T go back , through innumerable generations , to the teller of tales round the fire in the cavern that shel- tered neolithic men . I have had some sort of story to tell and it has interested me to tell it . To me it has been a ...
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... fiction , for it is by direction of inter- est that the author carries the reader along from page to page and it is by direction of interest that he induces in him the mood he desires . The author always loads his dice , but he must ...
... fiction , for it is by direction of inter- est that the author carries the reader along from page to page and it is by direction of interest that he induces in him the mood he desires . The author always loads his dice , but he must ...
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