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It gave the opportunity for all manner of novel , picturesque and dramatic effects that stimulated and excited the public . The dramatist of ideas had to swallow the bitter pill that the intelligentsia for which he wrote would have ...
It gave the opportunity for all manner of novel , picturesque and dramatic effects that stimulated and excited the public . The dramatist of ideas had to swallow the bitter pill that the intelligentsia for which he wrote would have ...
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It is exciting and various . The writer is free to work in whatever place and at whatever time he chooses ; he is free to idle if he feels ill or dispirited . But it is a profession that has disadvantages . One is that though the whole ...
It is exciting and various . The writer is free to work in whatever place and at whatever time he chooses ; he is free to idle if he feels ill or dispirited . But it is a profession that has disadvantages . One is that though the whole ...
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On the surface my life was varied and exciting ; but beneath it was narrow . ... nor was it their ramshackle , slightly adventurous , easy life ; what excited me was to meet one person after another who was new to me .
On the surface my life was varied and exciting ; but beneath it was narrow . ... nor was it their ramshackle , slightly adventurous , easy life ; what excited me was to meet one person after another who was new to me .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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