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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Essays , travel books , over a hundred 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 because
they ...
Essays , travel books , over a hundred 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 because
they ...
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It seemed to me that in the novel and in the short story perfection had been
sometimes achieved , and though I could scarcely hope to reach it , I had a notion
that in those mediums I could come nearer to it than I had any chance of doing in
the ...
It seemed to me that in the novel and in the short story perfection had been
sometimes achieved , and though I could scarcely hope to reach it , I had a notion
that in those mediums I could come nearer to it than I had any chance of doing in
the ...
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I had not written 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 magazines ; my agents pressed me to ...
I had not written 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 magazines ; 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 W. Somerset Maugham Works 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 |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Literary |
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