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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Page 152
... given it over to others , like a bitch who takes no more concern in her puppies when others have han- dled them , I could no longer look upon it any more as intimately my own . I have been blamed often for yielding too easily to ...
... given it over to others , like a bitch who takes no more concern in her puppies when others have han- dled them , I could no longer look upon it any more as intimately my own . I have been blamed often for yielding too easily to ...
Page 210
William Somerset Maugham. 1 have nothing much to do with the theme , have given them a peculiar sense of reality . It is this , however , that has given the French an acute sense of discom- fort . The sermons that Henry James preached to ...
William Somerset Maugham. 1 have nothing much to do with the theme , have given them a peculiar sense of reality . It is this , however , that has given the French an acute sense of discom- fort . The sermons that Henry James preached to ...
Page 216
... given sufficiently palatable . The novel was regarded as a convenient pulpit for the dissemi- nation of ideas and a good many novelists were will- ing enough to look upon themselves as leaders of thought . The novels they wrote were ...
... given sufficiently palatable . The novel was regarded as a convenient pulpit for the dissemi- nation of ideas and a good many novelists were will- ing enough to look upon themselves as leaders of thought . The novels they wrote were ...
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accept action actors admire ęsthetic amusing 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 important instinct interest invention Jack Straw knew 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 story success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth verse Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth