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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... possible to interest the public in the lower classes . Novels and plays that dealt with them were very generally con- sidered sordid . It will be curious to see if now that these classes have acquired political power the public at large ...
... possible to interest the public in the lower classes . Novels and plays that dealt with them were very generally con- sidered sordid . It will be curious to see if now that these classes have acquired political power the public at large ...
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... possible words were those Swift had used and that the order in which he had placed them was the only possible order . It is an impeccable prose . But perfection has one grave defect : it is apt to be dull . Swift's prose is like a ...
... possible words were those Swift had used and that the order in which he had placed them was the only possible order . It is an impeccable prose . But perfection has one grave defect : it is apt to be dull . Swift's prose is like a ...
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... ask him to believe me when I state that it seems to me at least possible that if I had been sent six months before I might quite well have succeeded . Three months after my arrival in Petrograd the crash came and put [ 204 ]
... ask him to believe me when I state that it seems to me at least possible that if I had been sent six months before I might quite well have succeeded . Three months after my arrival in Petrograd the crash came and put [ 204 ]
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