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 vii
... woman and you feel his humiliations , you resent his unmerited punishments , as though they were your own . It would be an ill - conditioned person who did not feel his blood boil at the infliction of such malignant cruelty . It is not ...
... woman and you feel his humiliations , you resent his unmerited punishments , as though they were your own . It would be an ill - conditioned person who did not feel his blood boil at the infliction of such malignant cruelty . It is not ...
Page 2
... woman of a certain age . # Genius should use mediocrity as ink wherewith to write its name in the annals of the world . Genius is talent provided with ideals . Genius starves while talent wears purple and fine linen . The man of genius ...
... woman of a certain age . # Genius should use mediocrity as ink wherewith to write its name in the annals of the world . Genius is talent provided with ideals . Genius starves while talent wears purple and fine linen . The man of genius ...
Page 7
... woman could only have one husband at a time . How the gods must have chuckled when they added Hope to the evils with which they filled Pandora's box , for they knew very well that this was the cruellest evil of them all , since it is ...
... woman could only have one husband at a time . How the gods must have chuckled when they added Hope to the evils with which they filled Pandora's box , for they knew very well that this was the cruellest evil of them all , since it is ...
Page 15
... woman is an animal that micturates once a day , defecates once a week , menstruates once a month , parturates once a year and copulates whenever she has the opportunity . I thought it a prettily - balanced sentence . 1896 I don't ...
... woman is an animal that micturates once a day , defecates once a week , menstruates once a month , parturates once a year and copulates whenever she has the opportunity . I thought it a prettily - balanced sentence . 1896 I don't ...
Page 16
... woman , persuade her to leave her home , husband and family , and come to live with him ; and then getting tired of her or falling in love with someone else , leave her . " To this his reply was : " Well , then I should say that he may ...
... woman , persuade her to leave her home , husband and family , and come to live with him ; and then getting tired of her or falling in love with someone else , leave her . " To this his reply was : " Well , then I should say that he may ...
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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