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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... least to us who live in it , in such a condition of unrest and wretchedness as it has not often been in before . ... had a special import for I have never wished to be nothing but a writer ; I have wished to live life completely .
... least to us who live in it , in such a condition of unrest and wretchedness as it has not often been in before . ... had a special import for I have never wished to be nothing but a writer ; I have wished to live life completely .
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The lack of privacy , to take an instance , in which the very poor 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 .
The lack of privacy , to take an instance , in which the very poor 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 .
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With all my limitations , physical and mental , I have been glad to 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 .
With all my limitations , physical and mental , I have been glad to 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 .
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| 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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