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Page 14
I suppose the young woman had taken a course at a secretarial college and she had gone through my novel in the same methodical way as her masters had gone through her essays . The remarks that filled the four neat pages of foolscap were ...
I suppose the young woman had taken a course at a secretarial college and she had gone through my novel in the same methodical way as her masters had gone through her essays . The remarks that filled the four neat pages of foolscap were ...
Page 83
I was taken aback and a trifle mortified , but I bore my disgrace with fortitude , for I knew it was not the end of the story . I had desired a certain end and had taken what I thought were the only possible means to attain it ; I could ...
I was taken aback and a trifle mortified , but I bore my disgrace with fortitude , for I knew it was not the end of the story . I had desired a certain end and had taken what I thought were the only possible means to attain it ; I could ...
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They were taken in turn by Schopenhauer , Nietzsche and Bergson . It was envitable that psycho - analysis should captivate their fancy . It had great possibilities for the novelist . He knew how much he owed to his own subconscious for ...
They were taken in turn by Schopenhauer , Nietzsche and Bergson . It was envitable that psycho - analysis should captivate their fancy . It had great possibilities for the novelist . He knew how much he owed to his own subconscious for ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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