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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... Painted Veil , a novel with a contemporary Chinese setting , but based on an incident in Dante . Several of Maugham's best - known plays The Circle ( 1921 ) , East of Suez ( 1922 ) , The Constant Wife ( 1926 ) , The Sacred Flame ( 1928 ) ...
... Painted Veil , a novel with a contemporary Chinese setting , but based on an incident in Dante . Several of Maugham's best - known plays The Circle ( 1921 ) , East of Suez ( 1922 ) , The Constant Wife ( 1926 ) , The Sacred Flame ( 1928 ) ...
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... Painted Veil , death is said to stand round the corner , " taking lives like a gardener digging up potatoes , " and the casual , domestic image is perfect , just what is needed . Above all , of course , Maugham is a read- able writer ...
... Painted Veil , death is said to stand round the corner , " taking lives like a gardener digging up potatoes , " and the casual , domestic image is perfect , just what is needed . Above all , of course , Maugham is a read- able writer ...
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... Painted Veil and The Razor's Edge are the most successful , although all three of them tend to alternate between masterly scenes and moments of glibness . But then even Catalina and Then and Now , which Maugham's admirers usually ...
... Painted Veil and The Razor's Edge are the most successful , although all three of them tend to alternate between masterly scenes and moments of glibness . But then even Catalina and Then and Now , which Maugham's admirers usually ...
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