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 112
... novelist . So I put the drama aside and set myself to writing fiction . The reader may think that this methodical fashion of going to work was unbecom- ingly businesslike in a young author . It suggests a matter - of - fact turn of mind ...
... novelist . So I put the drama aside and set myself to writing fiction . The reader may think that this methodical fashion of going to work was unbecom- ingly businesslike in a young author . It suggests a matter - of - fact turn of mind ...
Page 169
... novelists more than the English , and having got what I was capable of getting from Maupassant , turned to Stendhal ... novelist's method of taking two or three people , or even a group , and describing their adventures , spiritual and ...
... novelists more than the English , and having got what I was capable of getting from Maupassant , turned to Stendhal ... novelist's method of taking two or three people , or even a group , and describing their adventures , spiritual and ...
Page 220
... novelist is the essayist , and that the only perfect short stories have been written by Charles Lamb and Hazlitt . But the delight in listening to stories is as natural to human nature as the delight in looking at the danc- ing and ...
... novelist is the essayist , and that the only perfect short stories have been written by Charles Lamb and Hazlitt . But the delight in listening to stories is as natural to human nature as the delight in looking at the danc- ing and ...
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