The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1This book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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Page 87
Who has not seen the scholar's thinlipped smile when he corrects a misquotation and the connoisseur's pained look when someone praises a picture he does not care for ? There is no more merit in having read a thousand books than in ...
Who has not seen the scholar's thinlipped smile when he corrects a misquotation and the connoisseur's pained look when someone praises a picture he does not care for ? There is no more merit in having read a thousand books than in ...
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It can never be more than a partial one , but if he is fortunate he will succeed in the end in doing something else ; he will draw a complete picture of himself . At all events to think thus is a consolation when I you cast your eye ...
It can never be more than a partial one , but if he is fortunate he will succeed in the end in doing something else ; he will draw a complete picture of himself . At all events to think thus is a consolation when I you cast your eye ...
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גי powerful his individuality , the more fantastic is the picture of life he draws . It has sometimes seemed to me that if posterity wants to know what the world of today was like it will not go to those writers whose idiosyncrasy has ...
גי powerful his individuality , the more fantastic is the picture of life he draws . It has sometimes seemed to me that if posterity wants to know what the world of today was like it will not go to those writers whose idiosyncrasy has ...
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| Title | The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1 A Mentor book Armed Services ed Armed Services editions Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham Volume 5339 of Collection of British authors International Collector's Library Volume 5339 of Tauchnitz edition of British and American authors Volume 5339 of Tauchnitz edition Works, William Somerset Maugham Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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