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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Page 108
... exciting and mysterious . In the civilized world of the eighteenth century the actors gave life a touch of fantasy . Their disorderly existence was a lure to the imagination in the Age of Reason and the heroic parts they played , the ...
... exciting and mysterious . In the civilized world of the eighteenth century the actors gave life a touch of fantasy . Their disorderly existence was a lure to the imagination in the Age of Reason and the heroic parts they played , the ...
Page 143
... exciting composers to write for it and producing an elaborate school of performers , succumbed when musical instruments were invented that produced more beautifully the peculiar effects it sought ; and there is no reason why prose drama ...
... exciting composers to write for it and producing an elaborate school of performers , succumbed when musical instruments were invented that produced more beautifully the peculiar effects it sought ; and there is no reason why prose drama ...
Page 190
... exciting days in Heidelberg , when I first entered upon the intellectual life , the irksome- ness of my few years at the hospital and the thrill of London ; it all came back to me so pressingly , in my sleep , on my walks , when I was ...
... exciting days in Heidelberg , when I first entered upon the intellectual life , the irksome- ness of my few years at the hospital and the thrill of London ; it all came back to me so pressingly , in my sleep , on my walks , when I was ...
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