The Summing UpThis 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 36
... known . It is one of those aphorisms that say too much to mean a great deal . Where is the man in Goethe , in his birdlike lyrics or in his clumsy prose ? And Hazlitt ? But I suppose that if a man has a confused mind he will write in a ...
... known . It is one of those aphorisms that say too much to mean a great deal . Where is the man in Goethe , in his birdlike lyrics or in his clumsy prose ? And Hazlitt ? But I suppose that if a man has a confused mind he will write in a ...
Page 124
... known as plays of atmosphere . The best known of them , of course , are Chekhov's . Since the interest is not con- centrated on two or three persons , but on a group , and since the theme is their relations with one an- other and the ...
... known as plays of atmosphere . The best known of them , of course , are Chekhov's . Since the interest is not con- centrated on two or three persons , but on a group , and since the theme is their relations with one an- other and the ...
Page 195
... known as the shilling shocker that for me it took most of its reality away from the war and I could not but look upon it as little more than material that might one day be of use to me . But it was so hackneyed that I doubted whether I ...
... known as the shilling shocker that for me it took most of its reality away from the war and I could not but look upon it as little more than material that might one day be of use to me . But it was so hackneyed that I doubted whether I ...
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