The Summing Up

The Summing Up is a literary memoir by W. Somerset Maugham, written when he was 64 years old, first published in 1938. It covered his life from 1890-1938. 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. It is a small book filled with memorable quotes.

External links

Digital edition at the University of Michigan: The Summing Up (1945 edition)

Works by W. Somerset Maugham

Novels	Liza of Lambeth (1897) The Making of a Saint (1898) Orientations (1899) The Hero (1901) Mrs Craddock (1902) The Merry-go-round (1904) The Bishop's Apron (1906) The Explorer (1908) The Magician (1908) Of Human Bondage (1915) The Moon and Sixpence (1919) The Trembling of a Leaf (1921) On a Chinese Screen (1922) The Painted Veil (1925) Cakes and Ale (1930) The Narrow Corner (1932) Ah King (1933) Theatre (1937) The Summing Up (1938) Christmas Holiday (1939) Strictly Personal (1941) Up at the Villa (1941) The Razor's Edge (1944) Then and Now (1946) Catalina (1948) The Vagrant Mood (1952)

Short story collections	The Casuarina Tree (1926) Ashenden (1928) Creatures of Circumstance (1947)

Plays	Lady Frederick (1903) Mrs. Dot (1904) Jack Straw (1907) Penelope (1908) Smith (1909) The Land of Promise (1913) Our Betters (1915) The Unattainable (1915) Home and Beauty (1918) Caesar's Wife (1918) The Circle (1919) The Unknown (1920) East of Suez (1922) The Constant Wife (1926) The Letter (1927) The Sacred Flame (1928) The Bread-Winner (1930) For Services Rendered (1932) Sheppey (1933)

Non-fiction	On a Chinese Screen (1922) Don Fernando (1935) Ten Novels and Their Authors (1954)

Related	Somerset Maugham Award

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