The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1This book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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... a defect of nature ; but I am speaking now only of the way in which I expressed myself . It seems to me that I had a natural lucidity and a knack for writing easy dialogue . When Henry Arthur Jones , then a well - known playwright ...
... a defect of nature ; but I am speaking now only of the way in which I expressed myself . It seems to me that I had a natural lucidity and a knack for writing easy dialogue . When Henry Arthur Jones , then a well - known playwright ...
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... a defect of nature ; but I am speaking now only of the way in which I expressed myself . It seems to me that I had a natural lucidity and a knack for writing easy dialogue . When Henry Arthur Jones , then a well - known playwright ...
... a defect of nature ; but I am speaking now only of the way in which I expressed myself . It seems to me that I had a natural lucidity and a knack for writing easy dialogue . When Henry Arthur Jones , then a well - known playwright ...
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... Henry Arthur Jones showing me one of his manuscripts and my surprise on noticing that he had written such a simple sentence as , will you have sugar in your tea ? in three different ways . It is no wonder that people to whom words come ...
... Henry Arthur Jones showing me one of his manuscripts and my surprise on noticing that he had written such a simple sentence as , will you have sugar in your tea ? in three different ways . It is no wonder that people to whom words come ...
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