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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... imagination itself . " -The Sunday Times ( London ) " Maugham remains the consummate craftsman . . . [ His prose is ] so compact , so economical , so closely motivated , so skillfully written , that it rivets attention from the first ...
... imagination itself . " -The Sunday Times ( London ) " Maugham remains the consummate craftsman . . . [ His prose is ] so compact , so economical , so closely motivated , so skillfully written , that it rivets attention from the first ...
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... imagination , invention and a sense of the dramatic to make it something of my own . My early notebooks were largely filled with pages of dialogue for plays that I never wrote , and these because I thought they could interest no one , I ...
... imagination , invention and a sense of the dramatic to make it something of my own . My early notebooks were largely filled with pages of dialogue for plays that I never wrote , and these because I thought they could interest no one , I ...
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... imagination , nor will . He is mechanically industrious , but intellectually lazy . For the last two years he has been studying Leopardi with the purpose of translating some of his works , but as yet has not set pen to paper . Because ...
... imagination , nor will . He is mechanically industrious , but intellectually lazy . For the last two years he has been studying Leopardi with the purpose of translating some of his works , but as yet has not set pen to paper . Because ...
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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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