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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You feel the man in his phrases , not the mean , querulous , disagreeable man
that he appeared to the world that knew him , but the man within of his own ideal
vision . ( And the man within us is as true in reality as the man , pitiful and halting
...
You feel the man in his phrases , not the mean , querulous , disagreeable man
that he appeared to the world that knew him , but the man within of his own ideal
vision . ( And the man within us is as true in reality as the man , pitiful and halting
...
Page 73
When once I happened to do a friend a good turn ( for what reasons , since I
knew that all our actions were purely selfish , I did not stop to think ) and wanting
to show his gratitude ( which of course he had no business to feel , for my
apparent ...
When once I happened to do a friend a good turn ( for what reasons , since I
knew that all our actions were purely selfish , I did not stop to think ) and wanting
to show his gratitude ( which of course he had no business to feel , for my
apparent ...
Page 85
He talked to me of Italy and Greece , neither of which in point of fact he knew , but
he fired my young imagination and I began to learn Italian . I accepted everything
he told me with the fervour of the proselyte . I should not blame him because ...
He talked to me of Italy and Greece , neither of which in point of fact he knew , but
he fired my young imagination and I began to learn Italian . I accepted everything
he told me with the fervour of the proselyte . I should not blame him because ...
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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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