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The Summing Up

By: W Somerset Maugham
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
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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, literature, art, drama and philosophy, but also an illuminating insight into this great writer's craft.

©2012 W Somerset Maugham (P)2012 Audible Ltd

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I thought this book gave a very deep and interesting self-interest of WS Maugham
I found it very thought provoking.
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