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 xiv
... seemed likely to be of service to me for the particular purpose I had in view at the moment . Indeed , on one occasion , when I went to China , vaguely thinking that I might write a book upon my travels , my notes were so copious that I ...
... seemed likely to be of service to me for the particular purpose I had in view at the moment . Indeed , on one occasion , when I went to China , vaguely thinking that I might write a book upon my travels , my notes were so copious that I ...
Page xvi
... seemed to claim an importance for myself which would have been offensive to my fellow writers ; but now I am an old man , I can be no one's rival , for I have retired from the hurlyburly and ensconced myself not uncomfortably on the ...
... seemed to claim an importance for myself which would have been offensive to my fellow writers ; but now I am an old man , I can be no one's rival , for I have retired from the hurlyburly and ensconced myself not uncomfortably on the ...
Page 15
... seemed to him as absurd and obviously untrue as those religions seem to the Christian . # The Professor of Gynecology . He began his course of lectures as follows : Gentlemen , woman is an animal that micturates once a day , defecates ...
... seemed to him as absurd and obviously untrue as those religions seem to the Christian . # The Professor of Gynecology . He began his course of lectures as follows : Gentlemen , woman is an animal that micturates once a day , defecates ...
Page 35
... seemed to me one big tangle . In desperation , I cried out : I can't understand it . I don't know , I don't know . A rough day in the Bay of Naples . The Neapolitans vomited great platefuls of undigested macaroni . They vomited with a ...
... seemed to me one big tangle . In desperation , I cried out : I can't understand it . I don't know , I don't know . A rough day in the Bay of Naples . The Neapolitans vomited great platefuls of undigested macaroni . They vomited with a ...
Page 38
... seemed to weigh with her . The operation appeared to go very well and Dr. C's face beamed when he extracted the baby . This morning I was in the ward and asked one of the nurses how she was getting on . She told me she'd died in the ...
... seemed to weigh with her . The operation appeared to go very well and Dr. C's face beamed when he extracted the baby . This morning I was in the ward and asked one of the nurses how she was getting on . She told me she'd died in the ...
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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