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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... suggested . I do not regret them , for I think it is because of my own grave faults that I have learnt indulgence for others . It took me a long time . In youth I was harshly intolerant . I remember my indignation upon hearing someone ...
... suggested . I do not regret them , for I think it is because of my own grave faults that I have learnt indulgence for others . It took me a long time . In youth I was harshly intolerant . I remember my indignation upon hearing someone ...
Page 212
... suggested his characters ; Dickens , as we all know , portrayed his father in Mr Micawber and Leigh Hunt in Harold Skimpole . Turgenev stated that he could not create a character at all unless as a starting point he could fix his ...
... suggested his characters ; Dickens , as we all know , portrayed his father in Mr Micawber and Leigh Hunt in Harold Skimpole . Turgenev stated that he could not create a character at all unless as a starting point he could fix his ...
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... suggested as its oc- casion . It may be that they might have taken other fragments and combined them into another picture . This different world would have been as coherent and as true as the one we imagine we know . It would be ...
... suggested as its oc- casion . It may be that they might have taken other fragments and combined them into another picture . This different world would have been as coherent and as true as the one we imagine we know . It would be ...
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