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Page 65
There is no need for the writer of fiction to be an expert on any subject but his own ; on the contrary , it is hurtful to him , since , human nature being weak , he is hard put ...
There is no need for the writer of fiction to be an expert on any subject but his own ; on the contrary , it is hurtful to him , since , human nature being weak , he is hard put ...
Page 70
I tell you it's a Roman copy and if I tell you a thing it is so ) ; but they were all agreed about this , that they burned with a hard , gemlike flame . I was too shy to tell them that I had writen a novel and was halfway through ...
I tell you it's a Roman copy and if I tell you a thing it is so ) ; but they were all agreed about this , that they burned with a hard , gemlike flame . I was too shy to tell them that I had writen a novel and was halfway through ...
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The reason is not hard to find . Stendhal got the idea for it from an incident that at the time made a great stir : a young seminarist killed his mistress , was tried and guil- lotined . But Stendhal put into Julien Sorel , his hero ...
The reason is not hard to find . Stendhal got the idea for it from an incident that at the time made a great stir : a young seminarist killed his mistress , was tried and guil- lotined . But Stendhal put into Julien Sorel , his hero ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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