The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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... a defect of nature ; but I am speaking now only of the way in which I expressed myself . It seems to me that I had a natural lucidity and a knack for writing easy dialogue . When Henry Arthur Jones , then a well - known playwright ...
... a defect of nature ; but I am speaking now only of the way in which I expressed myself . It seems to me that I had a natural lucidity and a knack for writing easy dialogue . When Henry Arthur Jones , then a well - known playwright ...
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... Henry Arthur Jones showing me one of his manuscripts and my surprise on noticing that he had written such a simple sentence as , will you have sugar in your tea ? in three different ways . It is no wonder that people to whom words come ...
... Henry Arthur Jones showing me one of his manuscripts and my surprise on noticing that he had written such a simple sentence as , will you have sugar in your tea ? in three different ways . It is no wonder that people to whom words come ...
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... Arthur Pinero and Henry Arthur Jones , both celebrated in their day , say to me identi- cally the same words , one with a grim , sardonic humour , the other with a puzzled exasperation ; the words were : ' They don't want me any more ...
... Arthur Pinero and Henry Arthur Jones , both celebrated in their day , say to me identi- cally the same words , one with a grim , sardonic humour , the other with a puzzled exasperation ; the words were : ' They don't want me any more ...
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