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 11
... mean only that they are of moment to me for the purpose of any discussion during which I may have occasion to mention them . I think few serious writers , by which I do not only mean writers of serious things , can be entirely ...
... mean only that they are of moment to me for the purpose of any discussion during which I may have occasion to mention them . I think few serious writers , by which I do not only mean writers of serious things , can be entirely ...
Page 118
... means unani- mous . The more popular organs praised their wit , gaiety and theatrical effectiveness , but found fault with their cynicism ; the more serious critics , on the other hand , fell very foul of them . They found them cheap ...
... means unani- mous . The more popular organs praised their wit , gaiety and theatrical effectiveness , but found fault with their cynicism ; the more serious critics , on the other hand , fell very foul of them . They found them cheap ...
Page 215
... means he can to protect his originals ; he puts the persons of his invention in different places , gives them another means of liveli- hood , situates them perhaps in a different class ; what he cannot so easily do is to change their ...
... means he can to protect his originals ; he puts the persons of his invention in different places , gives them another means of liveli- hood , situates them perhaps in a different class ; what he cannot so easily do is to change their ...
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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