It is not a confession you would never get that from him but it is a very self perceptive narrative of his life as a writer. Maugham collected his literary experiences in the summing up, which has been used as a guidebook for creative writing. Born in the british embassy in paris, where his father worked, maugham was an orphan by the age of ten. Maugham instead trained as a doctor, although he never practised professionally, as his first novel. For those who are interested in maugham, it is one of his books that one should read, with profit and pleasure. Somerset maugham william somerset maugham and other ebooks from all genres of literature, both fiction and nonfiction, historical documents and sheet music, all of which are available on a subscription basis. According to maugham, the artist a writer or a painter, for example must create entirely to disembarrass his soul. 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.
Somerset maugham sums up his vision on mankind, the english, morals and art theatre, the novel. Maugham has written an account of himself, his chosen profession and its practitioners. Of course, his life was far from overhe was to live a further twentyseven years. The summing up represents maughams life and philosophy in his own words.
Both maughams parents died before he was 10, and he was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. The summing up is rare among literary autobiographies for its scope and honesty. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with maughams unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. The summing up download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. I look upon my first reading of spinoza as one of the signal experiences of my life. Aug 12, 2005 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. If you scroll up a bit and click the third button under other maugham eresources that says nonfiction with my logo on it, you will go to the ebook page of nonfiction, including travel books and essays. The summing up by william somerset maughamthis is one of the best books i have read, written by one of the top five authors in my personal favorite list. Aug 10, 20 the summing up is available for download as a chapter in mr. His father, robert ormond maugham, handled the legal affairs of the british embassy in paris and arranged the birth of his son at the embassy to avoid. While maugham analyzes his work in drama and fiction, this is far more. The consul by somerset maughama few days ago i had the exquisite pleasure to read the point of honor, where maugham was describing the culture, magnificence of spain. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highestpaid author during the 1930s.
Somerset maugham 1874 1965 was a british playwright, novelist and short story writer. The summing up word download ebook the summing up kf8 download summingup translation to spanish, pronunciation, and forum discussions the summing up w. Somerset maugham novels the moon and sixpence of human bondage the narrow corner cakes and ale ashenden the. The summing up and a writers notebook, originally published in 1938 and 1949, respectively. Somerset maugham is currently considered a single author. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Oct, 2009 the summing up part 1 in the latter is an attempt of mine to compile a bibliography of maugham which you might find somewhat useful. It is not only a classic avowal of a professional authors ideas about style, literarture. Somerset maughams the summing up a writers notebook. W somerset maugham 1874 1965 william somerset maugham was an english novelist, playwright, and shortstory writer. The author shares his experience of a lifetime and his ideas with clarity and conviction. Somerset maugham william somerset maugham, somerset maugham share this.
By 1938, maugham had become a legend as a playwright, novelist and magician of the short story. Somerset maugham the summing up is a literary memoir by w. It shows that he had a very profound scientific and philosophical background. Somerset maugham and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Mar 21, 2017 somerset maughams the summing up march 21, 2017 wordsmith leave a comment published in 1938 when maugham was 64 years old, the title turned out to be a misnomer it wasnt really his autobiography. The summing up is one of his last works and gives us some indication of his personal philosophies. Somerset maugham, written when he was 64 years old, first published in 1938. Somerset maugham books and biography free pdf books from bookyards, one of the worlds first online libraries to offer ebooks to be downloaded for free. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical the summing up and a writers notebook. It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it. If you wantto know more about the real maugham read selina hastings book the secret lives of william somerset maugham. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The summing up represents maugham s life and philosophy in his own words. The subject matter includes his childhood, his initial success in theater, his transition from theater to fiction writing, and other miscellaneous topics such as travel, and philosophy. His stance on determinism, chance and free will was based on his philosophical and scientific readings hume and heisenbergs principle of. It is after all the summing up a conclusion penned at the end of a full life, an analysis of the most important books and authors, a look at religion and philosophy. In the summing up maugham also deftly uses the opportunity to speak quite a bit about another of his favourite themes.
In 1927 somerset maugham settled in the south of france and lived there until his death in 1965. Somerset maughams novels by nasrullah mambrol on may 24, 2019 0. He then wrote the summing up to give some account of how he learned. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing his private self, the summing up, written when maugham was sixtyfour, is an inimitable expression of a personal credo. Start your 48hour free trial to unlock this the summing up study guide and get instant access to the following critical essays.
A biography 1980 but notes that the cited source maughams 1938 the summing up is not valid. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the summing up. Somerset maughams the summing up march 21, 2017 wordsmith leave a comment published in 1938 when maugham was 64 years old, the title turned out to be a misnomer it wasnt really his autobiography. Somerset maugham looks back at his life in literature. A pdf version of the bible king james version old and new. Somerset maughams 25 january 1874 16 december 1965 twenty novels are exceptionally uneven. Somerset maugham 25 january 1874 16 december 1965 william somerset maugham was born at the british embassy in paris, france, where his father was an english lawyer handling the legal affairs of the british embassy. His utmost sincerity opens the way to our own understanding, for example the understanding of religious concepts all to hastily accepted by our fearful minds.
Jul 01, 2017 of human bondage full audiobook by somerset maugham of human bondage, published in 1915, is considered to be w. He was raised by an uncle, who tried to persuade the youngster to become an accountant or parson. Buy the summing up by w somerset maugham online at alibris. It is a curious fact that, as writers have shifted over the past 120 years into postmodernism, changing their fiction to do less and less summarizing and judging and more holistic objective recording of events, they have changed their books about writing in just the. The subject matter includes his childhood, his initial success in theater, his transition from theater to fiction writing, and other miscellaneous topics. W somerset maugham books biography and list of works. China represents both an irresistible attraction and an anxiety, a fear mixed with repulsion. The summing up is available for download as a chapter in mr. In the consul, we are more than ten thousand miles away, in china.
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