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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 25
Page 196
I went , looking for beauty and romance and glad to put a great ocean between
me and the trouble that harassed me . I found beauty and romance , but I found
also something I had never expected . I found a new self . Ever since I left St ...
I went , looking for beauty and romance and glad to put a great ocean between
me and the trouble that harassed me . I found beauty and romance , but I found
also something I had never expected . I found a new self . Ever since I left St ...
Page 298
One of the most curious things that has forced itself on my notice is that there is
no permanence in the judgment of beauty . The museums are full of objects
which the most cultivated taste of a period considered beautiful , but which seem
to us ...
One of the most curious things that has forced itself on my notice is that there is
no permanence in the judgment of beauty . The museums are full of objects
which the most cultivated taste of a period considered beautiful , but which seem
to us ...
Page 300
know that anyone has studied the effect of time on the creation of beauty . It is not
only that we grow to see the beauty of things as we know them better ; it is rather
that the delight that succeeding ages take in them somehow adds to their ...
know that anyone has studied the effect of time on the creation of beauty . It is not
only that we grow to see the beauty of things as we know them better ; it is rather
that the delight that succeeding ages take in them somehow adds to their ...
What people are saying - Write a review
LibraryThing Review
User Review - wjburton - LibraryThingOne of my favourite bedside books of all time. I wore my first copy into pieces from overuse. I don't know of another book quite like it. Read full review
LibraryThing Review
User Review - hellbent - LibraryThingThis is one of the best books I read for providing a philosophical view of life. It is a book I intend to read again. Read full review
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
able accept action actors admire appearance artist asked audience beauty believe better called cause character common complete course critic deal difficult discover drama dramatist easy effect emotion English existence experience eyes fact feeling fiction follow forced gave give given hard human ideas imagination important instinct interest Italy knew knowledge least less literature live longer look matter Maugham means mind nature never novel once passing pattern perfect perhaps persons philosophers picture play pleasure possible present produced prose reader reason seemed seen sense short sometimes sort speak story success suggested suppose taken tell theatre things thought tion told took true truth turn universe wanted whole write written wrote young
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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |