A Writer's NotebookFilled with keen observations, autobiographical notes, and the seeds of many of Maugham's greatest works, A Writer's Notebook is a unique and exhilarating look into a great writer's mind at work. From nearly five decades, Somerset Maugham recorded an intimate journal. In it we see the budding of his incomparable vision and his remarkable career as a writer. Covering the years from his time as a youthful medical student in London to a seasoned world traveler around the world, it is playful, sharp witted, and always revealing. Undoubtedly one of his most significant works, A Writer's Notebook is a must for Maugham fans and anyone interested in the creative process. |
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Page vi
... fellow writers were indignant when the work was issued and they discovered with what acrimony he had written of them. The picture he paints of the literary life of his day is savage. They say dog does not bite dog. That is not true of ...
... fellow writers were indignant when the work was issued and they discovered with what acrimony he had written of them. The picture he paints of the literary life of his day is savage. They say dog does not bite dog. That is not true of ...
Page viii
... fellow writers were indignant when the work was issued and they discovered with what acrimony he had written of them . The picture he paints of the literary life of his day is savage . They say dog does not bite dog . That is not true ...
... fellow writers were indignant when the work was issued and they discovered with what acrimony he had written of them . The picture he paints of the literary life of his day is savage . They say dog does not bite dog . That is not true ...
Page ix
... fellow craftsmen ; one they will tell you is pretty good , another they will say is no great shakes , but their enthusiasm for the former seldom reaches fever - heat , and their disesteem for the latter is manifested rather by ...
... fellow craftsmen ; one they will tell you is pretty good , another they will say is no great shakes , but their enthusiasm for the former seldom reaches fever - heat , and their disesteem for the latter is manifested rather by ...
Page x
... fellow craftsmen for criticism , by which they mean praise , for rash is the author who makes any serious objections to another's manuscript ; he will only offend , and his criticism will not be listened to ; but I cannot believe that ...
... fellow craftsmen for criticism , by which they mean praise , for rash is the author who makes any serious objections to another's manuscript ; he will only offend , and his criticism will not be listened to ; but I cannot believe that ...
Page xi
... fellow craftsmen . There is another reason why the antagonisms of authors in France are more envenomed than in England ; their public is too small to support their great number : we have a public of two hundred millions ; they have one ...
... fellow craftsmen . There is another reason why the antagonisms of authors in France are more envenomed than in England ; their public is too small to support their great number : we have a public of two hundred millions ; they have one ...
Contents
Section 15 | 196 |
Section 16 | 227 |
Section 17 | 243 |
Section 18 | 247 |
Section 19 | 266 |
Section 20 | 276 |
Section 21 | 305 |
Section 22 | 319 |
Section 9 | 89 |
Section 10 | 90 |
Section 11 | 99 |
Section 12 | 163 |
Section 13 | 189 |
Section 14 | 194 |
Section 23 | 320 |
Section 24 | 331 |
Section 25 | 332 |
Section 26 | 348 |
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