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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It is very well to be able to read French as easily as if it were your native tongue . There are limits , however , to the excellence with which you should allow yourself to speak it . As a matter of practice it is ...
It is very well to be able to read French as easily as if it were your native tongue . There are limits , however , to the excellence with which you should allow yourself to speak it . As a matter of practice it is ...
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I do not know that anyone has been able to discover what this knack consists of . It cannot be learnt . It can exist without education or culture . It is a faculty that enables the playwright so to put words that they carry across the ...
I do not know that anyone has been able to discover what this knack consists of . It cannot be learnt . It can exist without education or culture . It is a faculty that enables the playwright so to put words that they carry across the ...
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It is not enough to be able to tell an actor that an intonation or a gesture is wrong , you must be able to show him by word and deed what is right . This is more than ever necessary now that the players of minor parts have an ...
It is not enough to be able to tell an actor that an intonation or a gesture is wrong , you must be able to show him by word and deed what is right . This is more than ever necessary now that the players of minor parts have an ...
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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham 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 |
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