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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... amusing talker I ever knew was Edmund Gosse . He had read a great deal , though not very carefully , it appears , and his conversation was ex- tremely intelligent . He had a prodigious memory , a keen sense of humour , and malice . He ...
... amusing talker I ever knew was Edmund Gosse . He had read a great deal , though not very carefully , it appears , and his conversation was ex- tremely intelligent . He had a prodigious memory , a keen sense of humour , and malice . He ...
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... amusing and I decided that I could write a comedy . I made up my mind to write one now . I called it Loaves and Fishes . Its hero was a worldly , ambitious parson and the story dealt with his courtship of a rich widow , his intrigues to ...
... amusing and I decided that I could write a comedy . I made up my mind to write one now . I called it Loaves and Fishes . Its hero was a worldly , ambitious parson and the story dealt with his courtship of a rich widow , his intrigues to ...
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... to be a very good playwright ; he had a dramatic gift , facility for writing easy , natural and amusing dialogue , and an eye for theatrically effective character . The influence of Shaw led him to attach importance to ideas that [ 141 ]
... to be a very good playwright ; he had a dramatic gift , facility for writing easy , natural and amusing dialogue , and an eye for theatrically effective character . The influence of Shaw led him to attach importance to ideas that [ 141 ]
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