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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... written at least more naturally than anything I had written before ; but I am sure that it is often slipshod and I daresay there are in it a good many mistakes in grammar . Since then I have written many other books ; and though ceasing ...
... written at least more naturally than anything I had written before ; but I am sure that it is often slipshod and I daresay there are in it a good many mistakes in grammar . Since then I have written many other books ; and though ceasing ...
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... written by the same hand ; it is impersonal . It is well to counteract its effect by reading of another kind . One can do this only by keeping constantly in touch with the writing of an age not too remote from one's own . So can one ...
... written by the same hand ; it is impersonal . It is well to counteract its effect by reading of another kind . One can do this only by keeping constantly in touch with the writing of an age not too remote from one's own . So can one ...
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... writing in dialogue devised to be spoken by actors and heard by an in- definite number of persons . A play written to be read in the study is a form of the novel in dialogue in which the author for some reason of his own ( obscure to ...
... writing in dialogue devised to be spoken by actors and heard by an in- definite number of persons . A play written to be read in the study is a form of the novel in dialogue in which the author for some reason of his own ( obscure to ...
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