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 24
... hard to breathe that dead , heavily scented atmosphere and sit in those hushed rooms in which it was indecorous to speak above a whisper . But I would not listen to my common sense . I persuaded myself that this was the height of ...
... hard to breathe that dead , heavily scented atmosphere and sit in those hushed rooms in which it was indecorous to speak above a whisper . But I would not listen to my common sense . I persuaded myself that this was the height of ...
Page 92
... hard put to it to re- sist the temptation of inappositely using his special knowledge . The novelist is ill - advised to be too tech- nical . The practice , which came into fashion in the nineties , of using a multitude of cant terms is ...
... hard put to it to re- sist the temptation of inappositely using his special knowledge . The novelist is ill - advised to be too tech- nical . The practice , which came into fashion in the nineties , of using a multitude of cant terms is ...
Page 99
... hard , gemlike flame . I was too shy to tell them that I had written a novel and was halfway through another and it was a great mortification to me , burning as I was too with a hard , gemlike flame , to be treated as a philistine who ...
... hard , gemlike flame . I was too shy to tell them that I had written a novel and was halfway through another and it was a great mortification to me , burning as I was too with a hard , gemlike flame , to be treated as a philistine who ...
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