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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... short stories : such works are the natural , continuing expression of the life of a writer who reads a lot and travels a great deal . ―― The plays and the novels are a slightly different matter , if only be- cause they involve larger ...
... short stories : such works are the natural , continuing expression of the life of a writer who reads a lot and travels a great deal . ―― The plays and the novels are a slightly different matter , if only be- cause they involve larger ...
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... short story perfection had been sometimes achieved , and though I could scarcely hope to reach it , I had a notion ... short novels which had attracted a good deal of attention ; among them were those of John Oliver Hobbs . They were ...
... short story perfection had been sometimes achieved , and though I could scarcely hope to reach it , I had a notion ... short novels which had attracted a good deal of attention ; among them were those of John Oliver Hobbs . They were ...
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... short stories for many years . I began my literary career by writing them and my third book was a collection of six . They were not good . After that I tried now and then to write stories for the maga- zines ; my agents pressed me to ...
... short stories for many years . I began my literary career by writing them and my third book was a collection of six . They were not good . After that I tried now and then to write stories for the maga- zines ; my agents pressed me to ...
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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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