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
... never known them to be anything other than a justification of his own shortcomings. So a writer who has no gift for the contrivance of a plausible story will tell you that story-telling is the least important part of the novelist's ...
... never known them to be anything other than a justification of his own shortcomings. So a writer who has no gift for the contrivance of a plausible story will tell you that story-telling is the least important part of the novelist's ...
Page viii
... never known them to be anything other than a justification of his own shortcomings . So a writer who has no gift for the contrivance of a plausible story will tell you that story - telling is the least important part of the novelist's ...
... never known them to be anything other than a justification of his own shortcomings . So a writer who has no gift for the contrivance of a plausible story will tell you that story - telling is the least important part of the novelist's ...
Page ix
... never read a single book of Kipling's . English writers judge their 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 ...
... never read a single book of Kipling's . English writers judge their 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 ...
Page x
... never been in England ) , often adopt it without having any marked creative power ; their keen intelligence , their sound education and their background of an agelong culture enable them to produce work of a high standard , but it is ...
... never been in England ) , often adopt it without having any marked creative power ; their keen intelligence , their sound education and their background of an agelong culture enable them to produce work of a high standard , but it is ...
Page xi
... never have heard of him , but if he has any gift at all , in any direction , he can earn an adequate income . He is not very rich , but then he would never have adopted the profession of letters if riches had been his object . He ...
... never have heard of him , but if he has any gift at all , in any direction , he can earn an adequate income . He is not very rich , but then he would never have adopted the profession of letters if riches had been his object . He ...
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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