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 25
... wrote . Since it has continued in America to have a small sale it occurred to me that it might be worth while to revise it . I soon saw that this was impossible . The book was written by someone I have completely forgotten . It bored me ...
... wrote . Since it has continued in America to have a small sale it occurred to me that it might be worth while to revise it . I soon saw that this was impossible . The book was written by someone I have completely forgotten . It bored me ...
Page 115
... wrote Lady Frederick . But its most effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so success- ful , was one in which the heroine in order to disil- lusion a young lover let him come into her dressing- room and discover her without ...
... wrote Lady Frederick . But its most effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so success- ful , was one in which the heroine in order to disil- lusion a young lover let him come into her dressing- room and discover her without ...
Page 166
... wrote it in Capri , during the long vacation , and such was my ardour that I had myself awakened every morning at six and wrote with perseverance till hunger forced me to break off and have breakfast . I had at least the sense to spend ...
... wrote it in Capri , during the long vacation , and such was my ardour that I had myself awakened every morning at six and wrote with perseverance till hunger forced me to break off and have breakfast . I had at least the sense to spend ...
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