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... perhaps , is the truest measure of Maugham's achievement . He never wrote an uninteresting book , and no doubt that is the right reward for knowing your own limitations so well . Some critics rate Maugham's stories above his novels ...
... perhaps , is the truest measure of Maugham's achievement . He never wrote an uninteresting book , and no doubt that is the right reward for knowing your own limitations so well . Some critics rate Maugham's stories above his novels ...
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... Perhaps the beauty of the place , the charm of those friendly people stirred his vulgar soul to what he thought was a romantic gesture . Perhaps he merely thought it made him more attractive to the women he slept with . # Savaii . After ...
... Perhaps the beauty of the place , the charm of those friendly people stirred his vulgar soul to what he thought was a romantic gesture . Perhaps he merely thought it made him more attractive to the women he slept with . # Savaii . After ...
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William Somerset Maugham. environment , perhaps because you know so few Indians , relatively , so that you cannot compare your impressions of one with another ; or perhaps it is because their personalities are fluid , as it were ...
William Somerset Maugham. environment , perhaps because you know so few Indians , relatively , so that you cannot compare your impressions of one with another ; or perhaps it is because their personalities are fluid , as it were ...
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