The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1The reminiscences of the author's lifetime; insight on life and art; education, discipline and training of a writer. |
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William Somerset Maugham. 1 1 ! 1 2 1 THE SUMMING UP By W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM LIZA OF LAMBETH.
William Somerset Maugham. 1 1 ! 1 2 1 THE SUMMING UP By W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM LIZA OF LAMBETH.
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... Liza of Lambeth . It was accepted by the first publisher to whom I sent it . For some time Fisher Unwin had been bringing out in what he called The Pseudonym Series a number of short novels which had attracted a good deal of attention ...
... Liza of Lambeth . It was accepted by the first publisher to whom I sent it . For some time Fisher Unwin had been bringing out in what he called The Pseudonym Series a number of short novels which had attracted a good deal of attention ...
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... Liza of Lambeth . But this was not in my ideas at all . I was ambitious . I had a feeling , I do not know where I got it , that you must not pursue a success , but fly from it ; and I had learnt from the French to set no great store on ...
... Liza of Lambeth . But this was not in my ideas at all . I was ambitious . I had a feeling , I do not know where I got it , that you must not pursue a success , but fly from it ; and I had learnt from the French to set no great store on ...
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