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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... seemed to me that I could see a great many things that other people missed . I could put down in clear terms what I saw . I had a logical sense , and if no great feeling for the richness and strangeness of words , at all events a lively ...
... seemed to me that I could see a great many things that other people missed . I could put down in clear terms what I saw . I had a logical sense , and if no great feeling for the richness and strangeness of words , at all events a lively ...
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... seemed much more sig- nificant and so 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 attention to the ...
... seemed much more sig- nificant and so 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 attention to the ...
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... seemed to me that I had the power to make on my side , in accordance perhaps with my likes and dislikes and the ideal that I set before me , moves that I freely willed . It has seemed to me that I have now and then been able to put ...
... seemed to me that I had the power to make on my side , in accordance perhaps with my likes and dislikes and the ideal that I set before me , moves that I freely willed . It has seemed to me that I have now and then been able to put ...
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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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