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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... forced by the situation in which they were born and the necessity of earning a living to keep to a straight and narrow road in which there is no possibility of turning to the right or to the left . Upon these the pattern is im- posed ...
... forced by the situation in which they were born and the necessity of earning a living to keep to a straight and narrow road in which there is no possibility of turning to the right or to the left . Upon these the pattern is im- posed ...
Page 59
... forced me to spend a term in the South of France . My mother and her only sister had died of tuberculosis and when it was found that my lungs were affected my uncle and aunt were concerned . I was placed at a tutor's at Hyères . When I ...
... forced me to spend a term in the South of France . My mother and her only sister had died of tuberculosis and when it was found that my lungs were affected my uncle and aunt were concerned . I was placed at a tutor's at Hyères . When I ...
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... forced upon me , both at home and at school , and on going to Germany I welcomed the freedom that enabled me to stay away . But two or three times out of curiosity I went to High Mass at the Jesuit Church in Heidelberg . Though my uncle ...
... forced upon me , both at home and at school , and on going to Germany I welcomed the freedom that enabled me to stay away . But two or three times out of curiosity I went to High Mass at the Jesuit Church in Heidelberg . Though my uncle ...
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