A Writer's Notebook - Softcover

Maugham, W. Somerset

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749304332 ISBN 13: 9780749304331

Publisher: Mandarin, 1991

Synopsis

From 1892, when he was 18, until 1949, when this book was first published, Somerset Maugham kept a notebook. Part autobiographical, part confessional, this is a collection of Maugham's observations, confidences, aspirations and arbitrary jottings.

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Review:

"A lively and sympathetic intelligence...the practised hand of a master-craftsman." -Malcolm Muggeridge

"Maugham is a great artist.... A genius." --Theodore Dreiser "An expert craftsman . . . His style is sharp, quick, subdued, casual." --"New York Times" "[Maugham] has given infinite pleasure and left us a splendor of writing which will remain for as long as the written English word is permitted to exist." --"Daily Telegraph" "The modern writer who has influenced me most is Somerset Maugham"--George Orwell"Maugham remains the consummate craftsman . . . [Hid prose is] so compact, so economical, so closely motivated, so skillfully written that it rivets from first to last." --"Saturday Review of Literature" "It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. . . . He was always so entirely there." --Gore Vidal

"Maugham is a great artist.... A genius." Theodore Dreiser"An expert craftsman . . . His style is sharp, quick, subdued, casual." New York Times"[Maugham] has given infinite pleasure and left us a splendor of writing which will remain for as long as the written English word is permitted to exist." Daily Telegraph"The modern writer who has influenced me most is Somerset Maugham"--George Orwell"Maugham remains the consummate craftsman . . . [Hid prose is] so compact, so economical, so closely motivated, so skillfully written that it rivets from first to last." Saturday Review of Literature "It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. . . . He was always so entirely there." Gore Vidal"

"Maugham is a great artist.... A genius." --Theodore Dreiser "An expert craftsman . . . His style is sharp, quick, subdued, casual." --New York Times "[Maugham] has given infinite pleasure and left us a splendor of writing which will remain for as long as the written English word is permitted to exist." --Daily Telegraph "The modern writer who has influenced me most is Somerset Maugham"--George Orwell"Maugham remains the consummate craftsman . . . [Hid prose is] so compact, so economical, so closely motivated, so skillfully written that it rivets from first to last." --Saturday Review of Literature "It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. . . . He was always so entirely there." --Gore Vidal

-Maugham is a great artist.... A genius.- --Theodore Dreiser -An expert craftsman . . . His style is sharp, quick, subdued, casual.- --New York Times -[Maugham] has given infinite pleasure and left us a splendor of writing which will remain for as long as the written English word is permitted to exist.- --Daily Telegraph -The modern writer who has influenced me most is Somerset Maugham---George Orwell-Maugham remains the consummate craftsman . . . [Hid prose is] so compact, so economical, so closely motivated, so skillfully written that it rivets from first to last.- --Saturday Review of Literature -It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. . . . He was always so entirely there.- --Gore Vidal

Book Description:

Maugham's working notebook, which he kept for most of his writing life, forms one of his most important pieces of work

About this edition

• Publisher: Mandarin
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0749304332
• ISBN 13: 9780749304331
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 85