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 11
... things it is probable that you will have this feeling for someone quite unworthy of it . This kind of friendship , though sex has no active part in it , is really akin to love : it arises in the same way , and it is not [ 11 ] A ...
... things it is probable that you will have this feeling for someone quite unworthy of it . This kind of friendship , though sex has no active part in it , is really akin to love : it arises in the same way , and it is not [ 11 ] A ...
Page 15
... things and by submitting oneself to all the accidents of fate and fortune . Then finally one is purified by these accidents as by fire and thus made fit for a future life . The power of loving that he has in him persuades him that there ...
... things and by submitting oneself to all the accidents of fate and fortune . Then finally one is purified by these accidents as by fire and thus made fit for a future life . The power of loving that he has in him persuades him that there ...
Page 16
... , indifferent to other people's feelings , and the only thing that makes him behave with a semblance of decency is his conventional view of the conduct proper to an English gentleman . He would not [ 16 ] A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
... , indifferent to other people's feelings , and the only thing that makes him behave with a semblance of decency is his conventional view of the conduct proper to an English gentleman . He would not [ 16 ] A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
Page 17
... things in dispraise of yourself ; and you are never so much annoyed as when they take you at your word . # You worry me as if I was a proverb you were trying to turn into an epigram . Anyone can tell the truth , but only very few of us ...
... things in dispraise of yourself ; and you are never so much annoyed as when they take you at your word . # You worry me as if I was a proverb you were trying to turn into an epigram . Anyone can tell the truth , but only very few of us ...
Page 27
... thing as absolute altruism . Social altruism means no more than that there is often an advantage to the individual in sacrificing himself for others . The only self - sacrifice which is primordial is that which has to do with the ...
... thing as absolute altruism . Social altruism means no more than that there is often an advantage to the individual in sacrificing himself for others . The only self - sacrifice which is primordial is that which has to do with 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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