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 105
The management despondently smoke gaspers , the wives and mothers of the cast talk to one another in undertones and the author's agent reads the racing news in the evening paper . It is all unreal and exciting . At last the dressmakers ...
The management despondently smoke gaspers , the wives and mothers of the cast talk to one another in undertones and the author's agent reads the racing news in the evening paper . It is all unreal and exciting . At last the dressmakers ...
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There was a period when the stage was the doorway to romance and everyone connected with it seemed exciting and mysterious . In the civilized world of the eighteenth century the actors gave life a touch of fantasy .
There was a period when the stage was the doorway to romance and everyone connected with it seemed exciting and mysterious . In the civilized world of the eighteenth century the actors gave life a touch of fantasy .
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It is exciting and various . The writer is free to work in whatever place and at whatever time he chooses ; he is free to idle if he feels ill or dispirited . But it is a profession that has disadvantages . One is that though the whole ...
It is exciting and various . The writer is free to work in whatever place and at whatever time he chooses ; he is free to idle if he feels ill or dispirited . But it is a profession that has disadvantages . One is that though the whole ...
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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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