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Managers thought that they attracted the public , and actors liked to portray them . But as the political importance of the aristocracy dwindled the public took less interest in it . Playgoers began to be ready to observe ...
Managers thought that they attracted the public , and actors liked to portray them . But as the political importance of the aristocracy dwindled the public took less interest in it . Playgoers began to be ready to observe ...
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I took the success as my due . I was amused at my notoriety , but not impressed by it . The only definite reaction that I can recall of that period was a reflection that occurred to me when I was walking along Panton Street one evening ...
I took the success as my due . I was amused at my notoriety , but not impressed by it . The only definite reaction that I can recall of that period was a reflection that occurred to me when I was walking along Panton Street one evening ...
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I took a larger number of persons than I had ever sought to cope with before and devised four or five independent stories . They were attached to one another by a very thin thread , an elderly woman who ...
I took a larger number of persons than I had ever sought to cope with before and devised four or five independent stories . They were attached to one another by a very thin thread , an elderly woman who ...
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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 17 of Contemporary English series 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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