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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Above all , of course , Maugham is a readable writer , a man who knows the art of
keeping his audience with him , and the best test of his readability is to read him .
A simple illustration of the way he makes himself readable , though , is his ...
Above all , of course , Maugham is a readable writer , a man who knows the art of
keeping his audience with him , and the best test of his readability is to read him .
A simple illustration of the way he makes himself readable , though , is his ...
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When I say that plays are ephemeral , I am of course not speaking of plays in
verse ; the greatest and noblest of the arts can lend its own life to the humble
partner ; I am speaking of the plays in prose with which our modern theatre is
alone ...
When I say that plays are ephemeral , I am of course not speaking of plays in
verse ; the greatest and noblest of the arts can lend its own life to the humble
partner ; I am speaking of the plays in prose with which our modern theatre is
alone ...
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He owes his originality to an idiosyncrasy , not of course peculiar to himself , that
had never before found expression on the stage . The English , whatever they
were in the Elizabethan era , are not an amorous race . Love with them is more ...
He owes his originality to an idiosyncrasy , not of course peculiar to himself , that
had never before found expression on the stage . The English , whatever they
were in the Elizabethan era , are not an amorous race . Love with them is more ...
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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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