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I asked myself what sort of part would be likely to appeal to a leading lady , and
having made up my mind on this point , wrote Lady Frederick . But its most
effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so successful , was one in
which the ...
I asked myself what sort of part would be likely to appeal to a leading lady , and
having made up my mind on this point , wrote Lady Frederick . But its most
effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so successful , was one in
which the ...
Page 120
Then I took a rest for two years and at the end of it wrote The Land of Promise .
This had been played to crowded houses for some months when the war broke
out . I had produced ten plays in seven years . The intelligentsia , having passed
...
Then I took a rest for two years and at the end of it wrote The Land of Promise .
This had been played to crowded houses for some months when the war broke
out . I had produced ten plays in seven years . The intelligentsia , having passed
...
Page 166
I wrote it in Capri , during the long vacation , and such was my ardour that I had
myself awakened every morning at six and wrote with perseverance till hunger
forced me to break off and have breakfast . I had at least the sense to spend the
rest ...
I wrote it in Capri , during the long vacation , and such was my ardour that I had
myself awakened every morning at six and wrote with perseverance till hunger
forced me to break off and have breakfast . I had at least the sense to spend the
rest ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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