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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... wrote stiffly and self - consciously . I tried to get a pattern into my sentences , but did not see that the pattern was evident . I took care how I placed my words , but did not reflect that an order that was natural at the beginning ...
... wrote stiffly and self - consciously . I tried to get a pattern into my sentences , but did not see that the pattern was evident . I took care how I placed my words , but did not reflect that an order that was natural at the beginning ...
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... wrote Lady Frederick . But its most effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so successful , was one in which the heroine in order to disillusion a young lover let him come into her dressing - room and discover her without ...
... wrote Lady Frederick . But its most effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so successful , was one in which the heroine in order to disillusion a young lover let him come into her dressing - room and discover her without ...
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... 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 good ...
... 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 good ...
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