The Summing UpThis 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 165
... experience of life to write of contemporary manners ; history provided him with a story and characters and the romantic fervour of his young blood gave him the dash that was needed for this sort of composition . I know now that this was ...
... experience of life to write of contemporary manners ; history provided him with a story and characters and the romantic fervour of his young blood gave him the dash that was needed for this sort of composition . I know now that this was ...
Page 169
... experience . If my books had been refused one after the other I should have come before the public at last with work less imperfect . I regret that I had no one to guide me ; I might have been spared much misdirected effort . I knew a ...
... experience . If my books had been refused one after the other I should have come before the public at last with work less imperfect . I regret that I had no one to guide me ; I might have been spared much misdirected effort . I knew a ...
Page 213
... experience of authors to be accused of having drawn a lifelike portrait of a certain person when they had in mind someone quite different . Further , it is just chance whether the author chooses his models from persons with whom he is ...
... experience of authors to be accused of having drawn a lifelike portrait of a certain person when they had in mind someone quite different . Further , it is just chance whether the author chooses his models from persons with whom he is ...
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