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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Page 85
He talked to me of Italy and Greece , neither of which in point of fact he knew , but
he fired my young imagination and I began to learn Italian . I accepted everything
he told me with the fervour of the proselyte . I should not blame him because ...
He talked to me of Italy and Greece , neither of which in point of fact he knew , but
he fired my young imagination and I began to learn Italian . I accepted everything
he told me with the fervour of the proselyte . I should not blame him because ...
Page 97
... managed to visit a good many places in Germany ( at Munich I saw Ibsen
drinking a glass of beer at the Maximilianerhof and with a scowl on his face
reading the paper ) and I went to Switzerland ; but the first real journey I made
was to Italy .
... managed to visit a good many places in Germany ( at Munich I saw Ibsen
drinking a glass of beer at the Maximilianerhof and with a scowl on his face
reading the paper ) and I went to Switzerland ; but the first real journey I made
was to Italy .
Page 237
The Italian Renaissance is fascinating too , but the subject , comparatively , is
small ; the ideas that informed it were few , and you get tired of its art which has
been long since drained of its creative value so that you are left only with grace ...
The Italian Renaissance is fascinating too , but the subject , comparatively , is
small ; the ideas that informed it were few , and you get tired of its art which has
been long since drained of its creative value so that you are left only with grace ...
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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham Works Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Arno Press, 1977 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 18 May 2018 |
| ISBN | 0405078307, 9780405078309 |
| Length | 310 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Literary |
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