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 128
... accept sentimentality of its own brand : thus in England it will accept the emotions attached to the concept of home , but the concept of a son's love for his mother only excites its ridicule . It is careless of probability if the situa ...
... accept sentimentality of its own brand : thus in England it will accept the emotions attached to the concept of home , but the concept of a son's love for his mother only excites its ridicule . It is careless of probability if the situa ...
Page 281
... accept the mode of action that was characteristic of each one ; I had to accept the moves of the persons I played with ; but it has seemed to me that I had the power to make on my side , in accordance perhaps with my likes and dislikes ...
... accept the mode of action that was characteristic of each one ; I had to accept the moves of the persons I played with ; but it has seemed to me that I had the power to make on my side , in accordance perhaps with my likes and dislikes ...
Page 304
... accept it ; and this is that the work of art must be judged by its fruits , and if these are not good it is valueless . It is an odd fact , which must be accepted as in the nature of things and for which I know no explanation , that the ...
... accept it ; and this is that the work of art must be judged by its fruits , and if these are not good it is valueless . It is an odd fact , which must be accepted as in the nature of things and for which I know no explanation , that the ...
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accept action actors admire ęsthetic amusing appearance artist asked audience beauty believe better character comedy common conscious course critic deal delight dialogue discover drama dramatist emotion English evil exciting existence experience feeling fiction forced French gave gift give Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas imagination instinct interest invention King's School knew Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold Maugham means mind ness never notion novel novelist one's Painted Veil pattern perfect perhaps persons philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense short stories SOMERSET MAUGHAM sometimes sort soul spirit St Thomas's Hospital Stendhal success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth V. S. Pritchett verse Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth