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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... matter ; other lives offered a pat- tern which was difficult to follow : the point of view had to be shifted and old standards had to be altered before one could understand that such a life was its own justification . The troubling ...
... matter ; other lives offered a pat- tern which was difficult to follow : the point of view had to be shifted and old standards had to be altered before one could understand that such a life was its own justification . The troubling ...
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... matter , if only be- cause they involve larger and more sustained excursions away from the pose of the casual story - teller . Maugham's plays are skillful and intelli- gent , but even the best of them Our Betters , The Circle , The Con ...
... matter , if only be- cause they involve larger and more sustained excursions away from the pose of the casual story - teller . Maugham's plays are skillful and intelli- gent , but even the best of them Our Betters , The Circle , The Con ...
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... matter if they lack the infinite complication of com- mon life . I have always worked from the living model . I remember that once in the dissecting room when I was going over my ' part ' with the demonstrator , he asked me what some ...
... matter if they lack the infinite complication of com- mon life . I have always worked from the living model . I remember that once in the dissecting room when I was going over my ' part ' with the demonstrator , he asked me what some ...
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