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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Many are 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 ...
Many are 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 ...
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For nothing is so tiresome in the theatre as to be 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 impossible to listen to ...
For nothing is so tiresome in the theatre as to be 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 impossible to listen to ...
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One of the most curious things that has forced itself on my notice is that there is no permanence in the judgment of beauty . The museums are full of objects which the most cultivated taste of a period considered beautiful , but which ...
One of the most curious things that has forced itself on my notice is that there is no permanence in the judgment of beauty . The museums are full of objects which the most cultivated taste of a period considered beautiful , but which ...
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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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