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 49
... forced by the situation in which they were born and the necessity of earning a living to keep to a straight and narrow road in which there is no possibility of turning to the right or to the left . Upon these the pattern is im- posed ...
... forced by the situation in which they were born and the necessity of earning a living to keep to a straight and narrow road in which there is no possibility of turning to the right or to the left . Upon these the pattern is im- posed ...
Page 133
... forced to listen to the exposition of ideas that you are willing to take for granted . Now that everyone admits the right of a woman to her own personality it is impos- sible to listen to A Doll's House without impatience . The ...
... forced to listen to the exposition of ideas that you are willing to take for granted . Now that everyone admits the right of a woman to her own personality it is impos- sible to listen to A Doll's House without impatience . The ...
Page 298
... forced itself on my notice is that there is no per- manence in the judgment of beauty . The museums are full of objects which the most cultivated taste of a period considered beautiful , but which seem to us now worthless ; and in my ...
... forced itself on my notice is that there is no per- manence in the judgment of beauty . The museums are full of objects which the most cultivated taste of a period considered beautiful , but which seem to us now worthless ; and in my ...
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accept action actors admire ęsthetic amusing appearance artist asked audience beauty believe better character comedy common conscious course critic deal delight dialogue discover drama dramatist emotion English evil exciting existence experience feeling fiction forced French gave gift give Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas imagination instinct interest invention King's School knew Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold Maugham means mind ness never notion novel novelist one's Painted Veil pattern perfect perhaps persons philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense short stories SOMERSET MAUGHAM sometimes sort soul spirit St Thomas's Hospital Stendhal success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth V. S. Pritchett verse Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth