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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admire them in others as I could admire their farfetched tropes and the unusual
but suggestive language in which they clothed their thoughts , but my own
invention never presented me with such embellishments ; and I was tired of trying
to do ...
admire them in others as I could admire their farfetched tropes and the unusual
but suggestive language in which they clothed their thoughts , but my own
invention never presented me with such embellishments ; and I was tired of trying
to do ...
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is thirty years behind the times , and the intelligent , owing to its poverty of thought
, have largely ceased to frequent it . I have a notion that when the intelligent look
for thought in a playhouse , they show less intelligence than one would have ...
is thirty years behind the times , and the intelligent , owing to its poverty of thought
, have largely ceased to frequent it . I have a notion that when the intelligent look
for thought in a playhouse , they show less intelligence than one would have ...
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Russia was very much in the thoughts of people then and I had a mind to go
there for a year , learn the language of which I already knew the elements and
immerse myself in the emotion and mystery of that vast country . I thought that
there ...
Russia was very much in the thoughts of people then and I had a mind to go
there for a year , learn the language of which I already knew the elements and
immerse myself in the emotion and mystery of that vast country . I thought that
there ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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