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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... whole truth about himself . It is not only vanity that has pre- vented those who have tried to reveal themselves to the world from telling the whole truth ; it is direc- tion of interest ; their disappointment with them- selves , their ...
... whole truth about himself . It is not only vanity that has pre- vented those who have tried to reveal themselves to the world from telling the whole truth ; it is direc- tion of interest ; their disappointment with them- selves , their ...
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... whole he satisfies his patrons , so the writer's books will not be read unless on the whole they interest his readers . Yet there is in writers a feeling that the public ought to like what they write and if their books do not sell the ...
... whole he satisfies his patrons , so the writer's books will not be read unless on the whole they interest his readers . Yet there is in writers a feeling that the public ought to like what they write and if their books do not sell the ...
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... whole problem could be conveniently shelved . I have sometimes thought that it would be a very good thing if before philosophers were granted the degrees that will enable them to impart their wis- dom to the young , they had to spend a ...
... whole problem could be conveniently shelved . I have sometimes thought that it would be a very good thing if before philosophers were granted the degrees that will enable them to impart their wis- dom to the young , they had to spend a ...
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accept action actors admire ęsthetic 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