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I was spending some weeks in London and had engaged as temporary secretary a young woman . She was shy . rather pretty , and absorbed in a love affair with a mar- ried man . I had written a book called Cakes and Ale and , the typescript ...
I was spending some weeks in London and had engaged as temporary secretary a young woman . She was shy . rather pretty , and absorbed in a love affair with a mar- ried man . I had written a book called Cakes and Ale and , the typescript ...
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27 YOUNG PERSONS , who are anxious to write , sometimes pay me the compliment of asking me to tell them of certain books necessary for them to read . I do . They seldom read them , for they seem to have little curiosity .
27 YOUNG PERSONS , who are anxious to write , sometimes pay me the compliment of asking me to tell them of certain books necessary for them to read . I do . They seldom read them , for they seem to have little curiosity .
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and began the new one I was looked upon as a clever young writer , rather precocious , harsh and somewhat un- pleasant , but worth consideration . Though I made little money out of them my books were reviewed at length and ...
and began the new one I was looked upon as a clever young writer , rather precocious , harsh and somewhat un- pleasant , but worth consideration . Though I made little money out of them my books were reviewed at length and ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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