A Writer's Notebook (Twentieth Century Classics)

By W. Somerset Maugham

Book Overview

Filled 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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140186018
• ISBN13: 9780140186017
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Gems from a Master

This quasi-journal of Maugham's thoughts, travels, philosophies and bits of literature is facinating on several levels. For an avid Maugham fan, you can see the germination of the ideas and the travels that became his novels. The charming, brilliant and matter-of-fact way in which Maugham says startling things about life will have you underlining passages throughout the work.