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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But otherwise there is a certain blandness about the novel which makes it easy to read but also easy to forget . It is not to be compared with its close contemporaries , Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man or Lawrence's Sons ...
But otherwise there is a certain blandness about the novel which makes it easy to read but also easy to forget . It is not to be compared with its close contemporaries , Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man or Lawrence's Sons ...
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But this sort of obscurity merges very easily into the wilful . Some writers who do not think ... It is very easy to persuade oneself that a phrase that one does not quite understand may mean a great deal more than one realizes .
But this sort of obscurity merges very easily into the wilful . Some writers who do not think ... It is very easy to persuade oneself that a phrase that one does not quite understand may mean a great deal more than one realizes .
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I have passed many happy hours at rehearsals ; I have liked their easy camaraderie , the hurried lunch at a restaurant round the corner with a member of the cast and the cup of strong bitter tea , with thick bread and butter , brought ...
I have passed many happy hours at rehearsals ; I have liked their easy camaraderie , the hurried lunch at a restaurant round the corner with a member of the cast and the cup of strong bitter tea , with thick bread and butter , brought ...
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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham 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 |
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