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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An old solicitor , whom I knew when I was a boy , told me that as an articled clerk he was once invited to dine with my grandfather . My grandfather carved the beef and then a servant handed him a dish of potatoes baked in their skins .
An old solicitor , whom I knew when I was a boy , told me that as an articled clerk he was once invited to dine with my grandfather . My grandfather carved the beef and then a servant handed him a dish of potatoes baked in their skins .
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I am told that there are pianists who have a natural technique so that they can play in a manner that most executants can achieve only as the result of unremitting toil , and I am willing to believe that there are writers who are ...
I am told that there are pianists who have a natural technique so that they can play in a manner that most executants can achieve only as the result of unremitting toil , and I am willing to believe that there are writers who are ...
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Years ago Disraeli told them what to do . For my part I must candidly say that I hope the present state of things will last my time . But we live in an era of rapid change and I may yet see the countries of the west given over to the ...
Years ago Disraeli told them what to do . For my part I must candidly say that I hope the present state of things will last my time . But we live in an era of rapid change and I may yet see the countries of the west given over to the ...
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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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