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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Page 114
... wanted to enjoy it . I wanted to get all I possibly could out of it . I was not satis- fied with the appreciation of a small band of intel- lectuals . I had my doubts about their quality , for I had been to a stupid and rather common ...
... wanted to enjoy it . I wanted to get all I possibly could out of it . I was not satis- fied with the appreciation of a small band of intel- lectuals . I had my doubts about their quality , for I had been to a stupid and rather common ...
Page 119
... wanted to see what I could do with more complicated subjects , I wanted to make one or two small technical experi- ments which I thought would be theatrically effective , and I wanted to see how far I could go with the pub- lic . I ...
... wanted to see what I could do with more complicated subjects , I wanted to make one or two small technical experi- ments which I thought would be theatrically effective , and I wanted to see how far I could go with the pub- lic . I ...
Page 196
... wanted to recover my peace of mind shattered through my own foolish- ness and vanity by occurrences upon which I need not dwell and so made up my mind to go to the South Seas . I had wanted to go ever since as a youth I had read The Ebb ...
... wanted to recover my peace of mind shattered through my own foolish- ness and vanity by occurrences upon which I need not dwell and so made up my mind to go to the South Seas . I had wanted to go ever since as a youth I had read The Ebb ...
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accept action actors admire æsthetic amusing appearance artist asked audience beauty believe better character comedy common conscious course critic deal delight dialogue discover drama dramatist emotion English evil exciting existence experience feeling fiction forced French gave gift give Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas imagination instinct interest invention King's School knew Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold Maugham means mind ness never notion novel novelist one's Painted Veil pattern perfect perhaps persons philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense short stories SOMERSET MAUGHAM sometimes sort soul spirit St Thomas's Hospital Stendhal success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth V. S. Pritchett verse Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth