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 29
As I saw it in my mind's eye my book would have the appearance of an
immensely long telegram in which for economy's sake you had left out every
word that was not necessary to make the sense clear . I have not read it since I
corrected the ...
As I saw it in my mind's eye my book would have the appearance of an
immensely long telegram in which for economy's sake you had left out every
word that was not necessary to make the sense clear . I have not read it since I
corrected the ...
Page 124
... does not introduce his principal characters till later , the conversation of the
persons on the stage at the rising of the curtain concentrates the attention of the
audience on them so that the delay in their appearance increases the
expectation .
... does not introduce his principal characters till later , the conversation of the
persons on the stage at the rising of the curtain concentrates the attention of the
audience on them so that the delay in their appearance increases the
expectation .
Page 215
... situates them perhaps in a different class ; what he cannot so easily do is to
change their appearance . The physical traits of a man influence his character
and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his
appearance .
... situates them perhaps in a different class ; what he cannot so easily do is to
change their appearance . The physical traits of a man influence his character
and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his
appearance .
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Bibliographic information
| 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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