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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The question , as with Proust , for example , is how we are to defend ourselves against a view of love which is obviously true enough to shake our most cherished assumptions about our relations with the people we care about .
The question , as with Proust , for example , is how we are to defend ourselves against a view of love which is obviously true enough to shake our most cherished assumptions about our relations with the people we care about .
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It did not matter to me if the picture I formed was true ; what mattered was that with the help of my imagination I could make of each person I met a a plausible harmony . It was the most entrancing game in which I had ever engaged .
It did not matter to me if the picture I formed was true ; what mattered was that with the help of my imagination I could make of each person I met a a plausible harmony . It was the most entrancing game in which I had ever engaged .
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If this is true it was a great weakness in that strange and somewhat theatrical character . It showed want of sense . For the complete life , the perfect pattern , includes old age as well as youth and maturity .
If this is true it was a great weakness in that strange and somewhat theatrical character . It showed want of sense . For the complete life , the perfect pattern , includes old age as well as youth and maturity .
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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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