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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... of life . I was ambitious to make a name for myself as a writer . I exposed myself to every vicissitude that seemed to offer a chance of gaining the greater experience that I wanted and I read everything [ 73 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... of life . I was ambitious to make a name for myself as a writer . I exposed myself to every vicissitude that seemed to offer a chance of gaining the greater experience that I wanted and I read everything [ 73 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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... offer , you can , unless you are but ill educated , hardly fail to see that it consisted of no more than the common culture of the day . Shaw's ideas were expressed with great vivacity . They could only have surprised be- cause the ...
... offer , you can , unless you are but ill educated , hardly fail to see that it consisted of no more than the common culture of the day . Shaw's ideas were expressed with great vivacity . They could only have surprised be- cause the ...
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... offered a better subject of discourse than the novel of character or adventure . The intelligent critics , the more serious novel read- ers , have since then given most of their ... offer something new in technique [ 216 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... offered a better subject of discourse than the novel of character or adventure . The intelligent critics , the more serious novel read- ers , have since then given most of their ... offer something new in technique [ 216 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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