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 99
... hard , gemlike flame . I was too shy to tell them that I had written a novel and was halfway through another and it was a great mortification to me , burning as I was too with a hard , gemlike flame , to be treated as a philistine who ...
... hard , gemlike flame . I was too shy to tell them that I had written a novel and was halfway through another and it was a great mortification to me , burning as I was too with a hard , gemlike flame , to be treated as a philistine who ...
Page 107
... hard one . I am not speak- ing now of the young women who go on the stage because they have a pretty face and if good looks were a qualification for typists might just as well have gone into an office , or of the young men who do so ...
... hard one . I am not speak- ing now of the young women who go on the stage because they have a pretty face and if good looks were a qualification for typists might just as well have gone into an office , or of the young men who do so ...
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... hard to find . Stendhal got the idea for it from an incident that at the time made a great stir : a young seminarist killed his mistress , was tried and guillotined . But Stendhal put into Julien Sorel , his hero , not only a great deal ...
... hard to find . Stendhal got the idea for it from an incident that at the time made a great stir : a young seminarist killed his mistress , was tried and guillotined . But Stendhal put into Julien Sorel , his hero , not only a great deal ...
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