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 66
... gave me a complete knowledge of human nature . I do not suppose any- one can hope to have that . I have been studying it , consciously and subconsciously , for forty years and I still find men unaccountable ; people I know inti- mately ...
... gave me a complete knowledge of human nature . I do not suppose any- one can hope to have that . I have been studying it , consciously and subconsciously , for forty years and I still find men unaccountable ; people I know inti- mately ...
Page 142
... gave that arti- ficiality which verse had once given to drama so that a different standard of verisimilitude was set and improbability was acceptable if only it gave rise to situation . It gave the opportunity for all manner of novel ...
... gave that arti- ficiality which verse had once given to drama so that a different standard of verisimilitude was set and improbability was acceptable if only it gave rise to situation . It gave the opportunity for all manner of novel ...
Page 217
... gave a sort of freshness to well - worn material and were a fruitful matter of dis- cussion . It seems strange that so much attention has been paid to these things . The method that Henry James devised and brought to a high degree of ...
... gave a sort of freshness to well - worn material and were a fruitful matter of dis- cussion . It seems strange that so much attention has been paid to these things . The method that Henry James devised and brought to a high degree of ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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