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 8
... talking of volunteering . Wherever you go people ask for news . Everyone is anxious . There is no ill will towards the French , but a firm determination to fight if need be . The Government does not arouse confidence , for it is well ...
... talking of volunteering . Wherever you go people ask for news . Everyone is anxious . There is no ill will towards the French , but a firm determination to fight if need be . The Government does not arouse confidence , for it is well ...
Page 9
... talking of the common topic . When I arrived I found my friends in the same agitated state as everyone else . We spoke of nothing else . We compared the feeling between the French and Germans before the war of 1870 with the feeling now ...
... talking of the common topic . When I arrived I found my friends in the same agitated state as everyone else . We spoke of nothing else . We compared the feeling between the French and Germans before the war of 1870 with the feeling now ...
Page 15
... 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 letting ...
... 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 letting ...
Page 18
... talk well but not too wisely . The intellect is such a pliable and various weapon that man , provided with it , is practically bereft of all others ; but it is a weapon of no great efficacy against instinct . # The history of human ...
... talk well but not too wisely . The intellect is such a pliable and various weapon that man , provided with it , is practically bereft of all others ; but it is a weapon of no great efficacy against instinct . # The history of human ...
Page 31
... talk till they're blue in the face about the spiritual satisfaction to be found in art and literature , but when you're young there's a lot more fun to be got out of having a girl than by listening to a sonata . # The evils incident on ...
... talk till they're blue in the face about the spiritual satisfaction to be found in art and literature , but when you're young there's a lot more fun to be got out of having a girl than by listening to a sonata . # The evils incident on ...
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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