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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... persons who were important in the literary and theatrical world of his day, actors like Sarah Bernhardt and Lucien Guitry, authors like Rostand and Capus, and he relates his various encounters with them with an admirable but caustic ...
... persons who were important in the literary and theatrical world of his day, actors like Sarah Bernhardt and Lucien Guitry, authors like Rostand and Capus, and he relates his various encounters with them with an admirable but caustic ...
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... person who did not feel his blood boil at the infliction of such malignant cruelty . It is not a book that you can easily forget . Jules Renard's other novels are of no great consequence . They are either fragments of autobiography or ...
... person who did not feel his blood boil at the infliction of such malignant cruelty . It is not a book that you can easily forget . Jules Renard's other novels are of no great consequence . They are either fragments of autobiography or ...
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... persons who were important in the literary and theatrical world of his day , actors like Sarah Bernhardt and Lucien Guitry , authors like Rostand and Capus , and he relates his various encounters with them with an admirable but caustic ...
... persons who were important in the literary and theatrical world of his day , actors like Sarah Bernhardt and Lucien Guitry , authors like Rostand and Capus , and he relates his various encounters with them with an admirable but caustic ...
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... person than Flaubert acknowledges that he did so as a result of Turgenev's remarks , and you can gather from André Gide's Journal that he has often profited in the same way ... persons , can be of considerable use [ x ] A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
... person than Flaubert acknowledges that he did so as a result of Turgenev's remarks , and you can gather from André Gide's Journal that he has often profited in the same way ... persons , can be of considerable use [ x ] A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
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W. Somerset Maugham. well - intentioned persons , can be of considerable use . But I should be surprised to learn ... person [ xi ] A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
W. Somerset Maugham. well - intentioned persons , can be of considerable use . But I should be surprised to learn ... person [ xi ] A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
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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