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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William Somerset Maugham. attempting to capture the modern spirit and dis- mayed when their efforts were treated with derision . I had seen famous authors treated with contumely , when they offered a play to managers who had once ...
William Somerset Maugham. attempting to capture the modern spirit and dis- mayed when their efforts were treated with derision . I had seen famous authors treated with contumely , when they offered a play to managers who had once ...
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William Somerset Maugham. and spirit that are offered by the philosophers for the consideration of the plain man that ... spirit in the likeness of a river that forces its way through the jungle of matter ; but river is jungle and jungle ...
William Somerset Maugham. and spirit that are offered by the philosophers for the consideration of the plain man that ... spirit in the likeness of a river that forces its way through the jungle of matter ; but river is jungle and jungle ...
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... spirit . I suppose he thought that it was but waste of emotion to feel strongly about what you could not alter . I am not a pessimist . Indeed , it would be non- sensical of me to be so , for I have been one of the lucky ones . I have ...
... spirit . I suppose he thought that it was but waste of emotion to feel strongly about what you could not alter . I am not a pessimist . Indeed , it would be non- sensical of me to be so , for I have been one of the lucky ones . I have ...
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