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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... look of them, descriptions of scenery, efiects of sunshine and shadow, everything, in short, that could be of use to him when he sat down to write for publication; and in several cases, as we know, when he had collected sufiicient data ...
... look of them, descriptions of scenery, efiects of sunshine and shadow, everything, in short, that could be of use to him when he sat down to write for publication; and in several cases, as we know, when he had collected sufiicient data ...
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... look of refinement and a romantic air. \Vhen he went up to Cambridge he got into a set of men with money and of sporting tastes, among whom his intelligence was deemed exceptional; an opinion which was shared by his tutor and the master ...
... look of refinement and a romantic air. \Vhen he went up to Cambridge he got into a set of men with money and of sporting tastes, among whom his intelligence was deemed exceptional; an opinion which was shared by his tutor and the master ...
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... nice,' says I. ' 'Tain't everyone 'as a suit of dress-clothes, is it?' says she.” Then to me: “I tell yer, he did look a caution; he had a great big white flower in his button-hole; and wot with [I0] A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK 1894 ...
... nice,' says I. ' 'Tain't everyone 'as a suit of dress-clothes, is it?' says she.” Then to me: “I tell yer, he did look a caution; he had a great big white flower in his button-hole; and wot with [I0] A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK 1894 ...
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... look a type and no mistake.” S6 Ah yes, I wanted a little boy, and the Lord, He gave me my wish: but I wish He hadn ... look bad: I think he's going home soon.” My fire was out when I came in, and Mrs. Foreman relit it. “Ask the fire to ...
... look a type and no mistake.” S6 Ah yes, I wanted a little boy, and the Lord, He gave me my wish: but I wish He hadn ... look bad: I think he's going home soon.” My fire was out when I came in, and Mrs. Foreman relit it. “Ask the fire to ...
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... and I feel myself uplifted from the workaday world to the blue empyrean of the spirit. Detached for a moment from all earthly cares I seem to walk on air. 11% There are times when I look over the various parts [11] A \VRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
... and I feel myself uplifted from the workaday world to the blue empyrean of the spirit. Detached for a moment from all earthly cares I seem to walk on air. 11% There are times when I look over the various parts [11] A \VRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
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