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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 82
Page 8
... things our end can no longer be remote . An occasional glance at the obituary column of The Times has suggested to me that the sixties are very unhealthy ; I have long thought that it would exas- perate me to die before I had written ...
... things our end can no longer be remote . An occasional glance at the obituary column of The Times has suggested to me that the sixties are very unhealthy ; I have long thought that it would exas- perate me to die before I had written ...
Page 51
... things that were foreign to my nature and obstinately perse vered in them because in my vanity I would not confess myself beaten . I have paid too much atten tion to the opinion of others . I have made sacrifices to unworthy objects ...
... things that were foreign to my nature and obstinately perse vered in them because in my vanity I would not confess myself beaten . I have paid too much atten tion to the opinion of others . I have made sacrifices to unworthy objects ...
Page 139
... thing was incredible . To audiences who had been forced to sit through plays in which love was the motive of the ... things must be put on the stage in an exaggerated way ( and it should never be forgotten that Shaw is an extremely ...
... thing was incredible . To audiences who had been forced to sit through plays in which love was the motive of the ... things must be put on the stage in an exaggerated way ( and it should never be forgotten that Shaw is an extremely ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accept action actors admire æsthetic amusing appearance artist asked audience beauty believe better character comedy common conscious course crasy critic deal delight dialogue discover Dr Johnson drama dramatist effect emotion English evil exciting existence experience eyes fact feeling fiction forced French gave Gerald du Maurier gift give Goethe hard Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas idiosyncrasy imagination instinct interest invention Jack Straw knew knowledge Kuno Fischer Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold meaning mind ness never notion novel novelist one's pattern perfect perhaps philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense sometimes sort soul spirit St Thomas's Hospital Stendhal success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth verse Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth