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Page 102
I got it into my head, I think from the fact that George Moore's Strike at Arlingford
was done by the Independent Theatre, that my only chance of being acted was
by making a reputation for myself as a novelist. So I put the drama aside and set ...
I got it into my head, I think from the fact that George Moore's Strike at Arlingford
was done by the Independent Theatre, that my only chance of being acted was
by making a reputation for myself as a novelist. So I put the drama aside and set ...
Page 106
In fact my connection with that body prejudiced me with them, for they decided
that I could only write gloomy and unprofitable plays. They could not say that my
comedies were gloomy; but they felt them vaguely unpleasant and were
convinced ...
In fact my connection with that body prejudiced me with them, for they decided
that I could only write gloomy and unprofitable plays. They could not say that my
comedies were gloomy; but they felt them vaguely unpleasant and were
convinced ...
Page 138
I have mentioned the fact that from the first I felt a singular embarrassment at
witnessing one of my own plays, and this, instead of growing less with each play I
produced, as I might have expected, grew greater. The feeling that a mass of ...
I have mentioned the fact that from the first I felt a singular embarrassment at
witnessing one of my own plays, and this, instead of growing less with each play I
produced, as I might have expected, grew greater. The feeling that a mass of ...
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| Title | The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1 Volume 60 of Mentor books |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Doubleday, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 279 pages |
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