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 166
... novel towards the end of his career , when thought and the vicissi- tudes of his own life have brought him knowledge of the world , and when , having for years explored the personalities of people around him , he has ac- quired an ...
... novel towards the end of his career , when thought and the vicissi- tudes of his own life have brought him knowledge of the world , and when , having for years explored the personalities of people around him , he has ac- quired an ...
Page 191
... novel did not finally repress into my sub- conscious the unhappy memories with which it was concerned it is because the writer is not finally dis- embarrassed of his subject till his work is published . When it is delivered to the ...
... novel did not finally repress into my sub- conscious the unhappy memories with which it was concerned it is because the writer is not finally dis- embarrassed of his subject till his work is published . When it is delivered to the ...
Page 216
... novel . But it is evident that while its vogue lasted it seemed much more sig- nificant and so offered a better subject of discourse than the novel of character or adventure . The intelligent critics , the more serious novel read- ers ...
... novel . But it is evident that while its vogue lasted it seemed much more sig- nificant and so offered a better subject of discourse than the novel of character or adventure . The intelligent critics , the more serious novel read- ers ...
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accept action actors admire ęsthetic amusing artist asked audience beauty believe better character comedy common conscious course crasy critic deal delight dialogue discover Dr Johnson drama dramatist effect emotion English evil exciting existence experience eyes fact feeling fiction forced French gave Gerald du Maurier gift give Goethe hard Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas idiosyncrasy imagination important instinct interest invention Jack Straw knew Kuno Fischer Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold meaning mind ness never notion novel novelist one's pattern perfect perhaps philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense sometimes sort soul spirit St Thomas's Hospital Stendhal success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth verse Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth