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 115
I asked myself what sort of part would be likely to appeal to a leading lady , and
having made up my mind on this point , wrote Lady Frederick . But its most
effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so successful , was one in
which the ...
I asked myself what sort of part would be likely to appeal to a leading lady , and
having made up my mind on this point , wrote Lady Frederick . But its most
effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so successful , was one in
which the ...
Page 161
I wrote two short stories which together , I thought , would make a volume of a
size suitable for this collection and sent them to Fisher Unwin . After some time he
returned them , but with a letter asking me if I had not a novel I could submit to
him ...
I wrote two short stories which together , I thought , would make a volume of a
size suitable for this collection and sent them to Fisher Unwin . After some time he
returned them , but with a letter asking me if I had not a novel I could submit to
him ...
Page 166
I wrote it in Capri , during the long vacation , and such was my ardour that I had
myself awakened every morning at six and wrote with perseverance till hunger
forced me to break off and have breakfast . I had at least the sense to spend the
rest ...
I wrote it in Capri , during the long vacation , and such was my ardour that I had
myself awakened every morning at six and wrote with perseverance till hunger
forced me to break off and have breakfast . I had at least the sense to spend the
rest ...
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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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