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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... given me very high marks . The second lesson I had was given me by a don , both intelligent and charming , who happened to be staying with me when I was myself correcting the typescript of another book . He was good enough to offer to ...
... given me very high marks . The second lesson I had was given me by a don , both intelligent and charming , who happened to be staying with me when I was myself correcting the typescript of another book . He was good enough to offer to ...
Page 183
... given him his subjects ! His success has changed him in the eyes of his old as- sociates and they are no longer at home with him . They may look upon him with envy or with admira- tion , but no longer as one of themselves . The new ...
... given him his subjects ! His success has changed him in the eyes of his old as- sociates and they are no longer at home with him . They may look upon him with envy or with admira- tion , but no longer as one of themselves . The new ...
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... given sufficiently palatable . The novel was regarded as a convenient pulpit for the dissemi- nation of ideas and a good many novelists were will- ing enough to look upon themselves as leaders of thought . The novels they wrote were ...
... given sufficiently palatable . The novel was regarded as a convenient pulpit for the dissemi- nation of ideas and a good many novelists were will- ing enough to look upon themselves as leaders of thought . The novels they wrote were ...
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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 effect emotion English evil exciting existence experience feeling fiction forced French gave gift give Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage 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