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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Taking it all in all I am bound to conclude that the professor at her college would
not have 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
...
Taking it all in all I am bound to conclude that the professor at her college would
not have 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
...
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have nothing much to do with the theme , have given them a peculiar sense of
reality . It is this , however , that has given the French an acute sense of
discomfort . The sermons that Henry James preached to the English on form in
the novel ...
have nothing much to do with the theme , have given them a peculiar sense of
reality . It is this , however , that has given the French an acute sense of
discomfort . The sermons that Henry James preached to the English on form in
the novel ...
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A bit of lovemaking thrown in here and there made the information they were
given sufficiently palatable . The novel was regarded as a convenient pulpit for
the dissemination of ideas and a good many novelists were willing enough to
look ...
A bit of lovemaking thrown in here and there made the information they were
given sufficiently palatable . The novel was regarded as a convenient pulpit for
the dissemination of ideas and a good many novelists were willing enough to
look ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham Works 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 |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Literary |
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