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 147
... character that I had in my mind's eye . It would be difficult to find on the Eng- lish stage a more competent ... character , then an actor is chosen because he has the traits the author has indi- cated ; but the addition of his ...
... character that I had in my mind's eye . It would be difficult to find on the Eng- lish stage a more competent ... character , then an actor is chosen because he has the traits the author has indi- cated ; but the addition of his ...
Page 212
... characters ; Dickens , as we all know , portrayed his father in Mr Micawber and Leigh Hunt in Harold Skimpole . Turgenev stated that he could not create a character at all unless as a starting point he could fix his imagination on a ...
... characters ; Dickens , as we all know , portrayed his father in Mr Micawber and Leigh Hunt in Harold Skimpole . Turgenev stated that he could not create a character at all unless as a starting point he could fix his imagination on a ...
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... character and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his appearance . You cannot make a tall man short and otherwise keep him the same . A man's height gives him a different outlook on his environment and ...
... character and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his appearance . You cannot make a tall man short and otherwise keep him the same . A man's height gives him a different outlook on his environment and ...
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