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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William Somerset Maugham.
William Somerset Maugham.
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... Somerset Maugham Reprinted by permission of Doubleday & Company , Inc. Reprinted from a copy in The New York Public Library THE WORKS OF W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM ISBN for complete set : 0-405-07804-8 See last pages of this volume for titles ...
... Somerset Maugham Reprinted by permission of Doubleday & Company , Inc. Reprinted from a copy in The New York Public Library THE WORKS OF W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM ISBN for complete set : 0-405-07804-8 See last pages of this volume for titles ...
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William Somerset Maugham. indebted to him for nearly fifty years of kindness and hospitality , " Noel Coward wrote , " but I cannot truthfully say that I really knew him inti- mately . " " Looking back , " Maugham's nephew Robin Maugham ...
William Somerset Maugham. indebted to him for nearly fifty years of kindness and hospitality , " Noel Coward wrote , " but I cannot truthfully say that I really knew him inti- mately . " " Looking back , " Maugham's nephew Robin Maugham ...
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