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 54
... known we might just as well be held responsible for them as for our deeds . Men forget the horrible thoughts that wander through their own minds , and are indig- nant when they discover them in others . In Goethe's Wahrheit und Dichtung ...
... known we might just as well be held responsible for them as for our deeds . Men forget the horrible thoughts that wander through their own minds , and are indig- nant when they discover them in others . In Goethe's Wahrheit und Dichtung ...
Page 124
... known as plays of atmosphere . The best known of them , of course , are Chekhov's . Since the interest is not con- centrated on two or three persons , but on a group , and since the theme is their relations with one an- other and the ...
... known as plays of atmosphere . The best known of them , of course , are Chekhov's . Since the interest is not con- centrated on two or three persons , but on a group , and since the theme is their relations with one an- other and the ...
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... known intimately a great many persons who were absorbed in the arts . I am afraid that neither from them nor from books have I learnt much that greatly profited me . One of the most curious things that has forced itself on my notice is ...
... known intimately a great many persons who were absorbed in the arts . I am afraid that neither from them nor from books have I learnt much that greatly profited me . One of the most curious things that has forced itself on my notice is ...
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accept action actors admire æsthetic amusing appearance artist asked audience beauty believe better character comedy common conscious course critic deal delight dialogue discover drama dramatist emotion English evil exciting existence experience feeling fiction forced French gave gift give Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature 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