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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 25
Page 112
that George Moore's Strike at Arlingford was done by the Independent Theatre , that my only chance of being acted was by making a reputation for myself as a novelist . So I put the drama aside and set myself to writing fiction .
that George Moore's Strike at Arlingford was done by the Independent Theatre , that my only chance of being acted was by making a reputation for myself as a novelist . So I put the drama aside and set myself to writing fiction .
Page 217
... a verisimilitude grateful to an author much influenced by the French naturalists and a means of getting round some of the difficulties of the novelist who takes up the attitude of an all - seeing and allwise narrator .
... a verisimilitude grateful to an author much influenced by the French naturalists and a means of getting round some of the difficulties of the novelist who takes up the attitude of an all - seeing and allwise narrator .
Page 220
Indeed , sometimes you might think that the best novelist is the essayist , and that the only perfect short stories have been written by Charles Lamb and Hazlitt . But the delight in listening to stories is as natural to human nature as ...
Indeed , sometimes you might think that the best novelist is the essayist , and that the only perfect short stories have been written by Charles Lamb and Hazlitt . But the delight in listening to stories is as natural to human nature as ...
What people are saying - Write a review
Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified
LibraryThing Review
User Review - hellbent - LibraryThingThis is one of the best books I read for providing a philosophical view of life. It is a book I intend to read again. Read full review
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
able accept action actors admire appearance artist asked attention audience beauty believe better called cause character claim common concerned course critic deal difficult discover drama dramatist easy effect emotion English exciting existence experience eyes fact feeling follow forced gave give given hard human ideas imagination important instinct interest knew knowledge known least less literature live longer look matter meaning mind nature never novel offer once one's passing perfect perhaps persons philosophers picture play pleasure possible present produced prose reader reason seemed seen sense sometimes sort speak spirit story success suppose taken tell theatre things thought tion told took truth turn universe wanted whole write written wrote young youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Summing Up A Mentor book Volume 597 of American Penguins Volume 597 of Penguin books |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
| ISBN | 0451603583, 9780451603586 |
| Length | 310 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |