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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... novels of George Meredith one after the other . I thought them wonderful ; but not so wonderful as even to myself I pretended . My admiration ... novel of Meredith's , Evan Harrington for instance , and decide that its insincerity is [ 88 ]
... novels of George Meredith one after the other . I thought them wonderful ; but not so wonderful as even to myself I pretended . My admiration ... novel of Meredith's , Evan Harrington for instance , and decide that its insincerity is [ 88 ]
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... novel I wrote was called 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 ...
... novel I wrote was called 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 ...
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... novel . I knew it would be a long one and I wanted to be undisturbed , so I refused the contracts managers were anxious to give me and tem- porarily retired from the stage . I had written a novel on the same themes when , after taking ...
... novel . I knew it would be a long one and I wanted to be undisturbed , so I refused the contracts managers were anxious to give me and tem- porarily retired from the stage . I had written a novel on the same themes when , after taking ...
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