21%OFF
The Summing Up
W. Somerset Maugham
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Summing Up
Paperback. Presents an avowal of a professional author's ideas about style, literature, art, drama and philosophy, and also an illuminating insight into this great writer's craft. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing his private self, The Summing Up, written when Maugham was sixty-four, is an inimitable expression of a personal credo. It is not only a classic avowal of a professional author's ideas about style, literarture, art, drama and philosophy, but also an illuminating insight into this great writer's craft.
Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing his private self, The Summing Up, written when Maugham was sixty-four, is an inimitable expression of a personal credo. It is not only a classic avowal of a professional author's ideas about style, literarture, art, drama and philosophy, but also an illuminating insight into this great writer's craft.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099286899
SKU
V9780099286899
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-18
About W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to literature. Of Human ... Read more
Reviews for The Summing Up
In what Somerset Maugham has written readers have found fascinating tales, sharply revealed characters, a fine narrative craft, and an author who has always been completely, honestly himself
J.B. Priestley One of the finest short-story stylists Britain has ever produced
Economist
One of the most cosmopolitan English writers
Washington Post
J.B. Priestley One of the finest short-story stylists Britain has ever produced
Economist
One of the most cosmopolitan English writers
Washington Post