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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... live in it , in such a condition of unrest and wretchedness as it has not often been in before . For me the question has had a special import for I have never wished to be noth- ing but a writer ; I have wished to live life com- pletely ...
... live in it , in such a condition of unrest and wretchedness as it has not often been in before . For me the question has had a special import for I have never wished to be noth- ing but a writer ; I have wished to live life com- pletely ...
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... live seems frightful to us who value it ; but it does not seem so to the very poor . They hate to be alone ; it gives them a sense of security to live in company . No one who has dwelt among them can fail to have noticed how little they ...
... live seems frightful to us who value it ; but it does not seem so to the very poor . They hate to be alone ; it gives them a sense of security to live in company . No one who has dwelt among them can fail to have noticed how little they ...
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... live . I would not live my life over again . There would be no point in that . Nor would I care to pass again through the anguish I have suffered . It is one of the faults of my nature that I have suffered more from the pains , than I ...
... live . I would not live my life over again . There would be no point in that . Nor would I care to pass again through the anguish I have suffered . It is one of the faults of my nature that I have suffered more from the pains , than I ...
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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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