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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One idea suggests another ; it is very pleasant to pursue it , even though it is not directly concerned with the subject . The inclination to digress is human . But the dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must ...
One idea suggests another ; it is very pleasant to pursue it , even though it is not directly concerned with the subject . The inclination to digress is human . But the dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must ...
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It seems to me that if the writing of this first novel did not finally repress into my subconscious the unhappy memories with which it was concerned it is because the writer is not finally disembarrassed of his subject till his work is ...
It seems to me that if the writing of this first novel did not finally repress into my subconscious the unhappy memories with which it was concerned it is because the writer is not finally disembarrassed of his subject till his work is ...
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He is not concerned whether it is a truthful likeness ; he is concerned only to create a plausible harmony convenient for his own purposes . So different may be the finished product from the original that it must be a common experience ...
He is not concerned whether it is a truthful likeness ; he is concerned only to create a plausible harmony convenient for his own purposes . So different may be the finished product from the original that it must be a common experience ...
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| 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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