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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... night life and death , fate , Christianity , books and politics . He read Newman , and was impressed by him , and the Roman Catholicism which he found at Brompton intensely attracted him . Then he fell ill and , on recovering , went to ...
... night life and death , fate , Christianity , books and politics . He read Newman , and was impressed by him , and the Roman Catholicism which he found at Brompton intensely attracted him . Then he fell ill and , on recovering , went to ...
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... as it sank ; the agony was so terrible that at last she felt she could bear it no longer and she went into the kitchen and there spent the night praying . # Most people are such fools that it really is no [ 6 ] A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
... as it sank ; the agony was so terrible that at last she felt she could bear it no longer and she went into the kitchen and there spent the night praying . # Most people are such fools that it really is no [ 6 ] A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
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... night with Miss Brown who lets lodgings at number 14. Mr. Harris who keeps the pub round the corner was there : " Why , that's Mr. Harris , ' says I , ' I'm blowed if it ain't . ' Miss Brown puts up ' er eyeglass and squints down , and ...
... night with Miss Brown who lets lodgings at number 14. Mr. Harris who keeps the pub round the corner was there : " Why , that's Mr. Harris , ' says I , ' I'm blowed if it ain't . ' Miss Brown puts up ' er eyeglass and squints down , and ...
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... night , talking to B. , I got him to tell me the system of ideas he had devised to give sense to his life . The highest object in life , he said , is to bring out one's own personality and that one does by following one's instincts , by ...
... night , talking to B. , I got him to tell me the system of ideas he had devised to give sense to his life . The highest object in life , he said , is to bring out one's own personality and that one does by following one's instincts , by ...
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... night and to eight o'clock Mass next morning . # At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well , and talk well but not too wisely . The intellect is such a pliable and various weapon that man , provided with it , is ...
... night and to eight o'clock Mass next morning . # At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well , and talk well but not too wisely . The intellect is such a pliable and various weapon that man , provided with it , is ...
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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