The Summing Up

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Penguin Books, 1978 - Authors, English - 202 pages
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By 1938, Maugham had become a legend as a playwright, novelist and magician of the short story. He then wrote The Summing Up to give some account of how he learned his craft and why he became such an acute observer of human beings.

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One of my favourite bedside books of all time. I wore my first copy into pieces from overuse. I don't know of another book quite like it. Read full review

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This is one of the best books I read for providing a philosophical view of life. It is a book I intend to read again. Read full review

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About the author (1978)

Writer William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris on January 25, 1874. He attended St. Thomas's Medical School in London. A prolific writer, Maugham produced novels, short stories, plays, and an autobiographical novel, "Of Human Bondage." Although he remains popular for his novels and short stories, when he was alive his plays, now dated, were also popular, and in 1908 four of his plays ran simultaneously. Maugham died in Nice, France, on December 16, 1965.

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TitleThe Summing Up
A Penguin Book: Fiction
Penguin books
AuthorWilliam Somerset Maugham
Editionreprint
PublisherPenguin Books, 1978
ISBN0140018522, 9780140018523
Length202 pages
  
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