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 57
... offer is that so instinctive is each one's convic- tion that he is unique in the world , and privileged , that he feels that , however wrong it might be for others , what he for his part does , if not natural and right , is at least ...
... offer is that so instinctive is each one's convic- tion that he is unique in the world , and privileged , that he feels that , however wrong it might be for others , what he for his part does , if not natural and right , is at least ...
Page 101
... offer great diffi- culty , but of ancestral instincts , shades of feeling that they have absorbed with their mothers ' milk , and innate attitudes which the foreigner can never quite seize . It is hard enough for us to [ 101 ] THE ...
... offer great diffi- culty , but of ancestral instincts , shades of feeling that they have absorbed with their mothers ' milk , and innate attitudes which the foreigner can never quite seize . It is hard enough for us to [ 101 ] THE ...
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... offered a better subject of discourse than the novel of character or adventure . The intelligent critics , the more serious novel read- ers , have since then given most of their ... offer something new in technique [ 216 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... offered a better subject of discourse than the novel of character or adventure . The intelligent critics , the more serious novel read- ers , have since then given most of their ... offer something new in technique [ 216 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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