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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... sort of order I should see for myself more distinctly what they really were and so might get some kind of coherence into them . I have long thought I should like to make such an attempt and more than once , when starting on a journey ...
... sort of order I should see for myself more distinctly what they really were and so might get some kind of coherence into them . I have long thought I should like to make such an attempt and more than once , when starting on a journey ...
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... sort of magic in the written word . The idea acquires substance by taking on a visible nature , and then stands in the way of its own clarification . But this sort of obscurity merges very easily into the wilful . Some writers who do ...
... sort of magic in the written word . The idea acquires substance by taking on a visible nature , and then stands in the way of its own clarification . But this sort of obscurity merges very easily into the wilful . Some writers who do ...
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... sort of speech and what sort of scene are effective . But I think the secret of playwriting can be given in two maxims : stick to the point and whenever you can , cut . The first of these demands a logical mind . Few of us have it . One ...
... sort of speech and what sort of scene are effective . But I think the secret of playwriting can be given in two maxims : stick to the point and whenever you can , cut . The first of these demands a logical mind . Few of us have it . One ...
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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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