The Summing Up |
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... and even was then . necessary writers who had never known a lord thought it to write largely about persons of rank . It would astonish anyone now who looked at the playbills of the day to see how many of the characters were titled .
... and even was then . necessary writers who had never known a lord thought it to write largely about persons of rank . It would astonish anyone now who looked at the playbills of the day to see how many of the characters were titled .
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In the same way I have known men of affairs who have made great fortunes and brought vast enterprises to prosperity , but in everything unconcerned with their business appear to be devoid even of common sense . Nor was the conversation ...
In the same way I have known men of affairs who have made great fortunes and brought vast enterprises to prosperity , but in everything unconcerned with their business appear to be devoid even of common sense . Nor was the conversation ...
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It is the difficulty of directing the interest that makes it so hard to write the plays that are known as plays of atmosphere . The best known of them , of course , are Chekhov's . Since the interest is not concentrated on two or three ...
It is the difficulty of directing the interest that makes it so hard to write the plays that are known as plays of atmosphere . The best known of them , of course , are Chekhov's . Since the interest is not concentrated on two or three ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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