The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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... Liza of Lambeth SHORT STORIES Cosmopolitans First Person Singular The Trembling of a Leaf TRAVEL On a Chinese Screen The Gentleman in the Parlour PLAYS For Services Rendered The Bread - winner The Sacred Flame Sheppey The Constant Wife ...
... Liza of Lambeth SHORT STORIES Cosmopolitans First Person Singular The Trembling of a Leaf TRAVEL On a Chinese Screen The Gentleman in the Parlour PLAYS For Services Rendered The Bread - winner The Sacred Flame Sheppey The Constant Wife ...
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... Liza of Lambeth . But this was not in my ideas at all . I was ambitious . I had a feeling , I do not know where I got it , that you must not pursue a success , but fly from it ; and I had learnt from the French to set no great store on ...
... Liza of Lambeth . But this was not in my ideas at all . I was ambitious . I had a feeling , I do not know where I got it , that you must not pursue a success , but fly from it ; and I had learnt from the French to set no great store on ...
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