W Somerset Maugham

For admirers of Maugham and his work. My entire life has been influenced by Maugham. I invite you to view my collection.

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

“A writer’s best friend is his wastepaper basket and his worst enemy is his couch.”
From Remembering Mr Maugham
by Garson Kanin

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

Sydney house prices are making most suburbs unaffordable for most families.

[Neil Jenman @neiljenman]

This home in Sydney sold for $7.5 million. OK, it’s in a top street in Mosman - a few steps to beach. One agent wanted $25,000 in advertising expenses. The owners - at my suggestion - told the agent to get lost. SAY NO TO VPA!! It’s a scam that hurts 90% of today’s sellers. 🤬

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

Maugham was a fastidious author. He’d check and re-check his manuscripts dozens of times. He believed good editing made for good writing. He’d have been horrified and hugely distressed at the enormous error on the cover of the Argentinian edition of The Moon & Sixpence.😡

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

Words from devoted Maugham admirer, Jerome Weidman. 👍😊

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

@Camscrub1776 @JoJoFromJerz Yes and your rapist felon president will be proud of you for speaking like this to a woman. You fucking coward.

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@ANNELAMOTT She’s the Rosa Parks of the 20th century. 👍❤️

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

Sat Jan 25, 2025 is Maugham’s 151st birthday. It’s 60 years since he died. Yet he lives on through his stories which captivate new young readers each year. If you’re new to Maugham, start by reading The Verger, The Kite or The Treasure. You’ll be hooked. I’ll near guarantee it.

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How many of today’s writers/editors have low standards. Don’t they care??

Maugham met Haxton in 1914 when they were both ambulance drivers on the Western Front.

Although I suppose this is not as bad as the biographer who replaced the word Somerset with “Somersault”.
True.

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

Thank you Dawn Albinger. It was an honour. I’ll do it again for you or any one of your culture and goodness.

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

America…it’s like watching the Fall of Rome. There is no other democracy, from Norway to New Zealand, which would elect as its leader a rapist, felon, liar, ignoramus, misogynist, vindictive bully and charlatan.

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

Both excellent books.

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

One of the best yet most underrated Maugham biographies. Get two copies and read it twice.

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

@DwightCuster1 @realTrumpNewsX So, better to hire a proven rapist than an alleged escort? Deplorable reasoning.

[Neil Jenman @neiljenman]

AUCTION RESULTS 28/9/24

As a rule, whatever is the published “success rate” can be apx halved.

Example:

SYDNEY 1,167 auctions. 440 sold.
Claimed rate: 64%. Truth rate: 37%.

MELBOURNE 129 auctions. 42 sold.
Claimed rate 65%. Truth rate 33%.

The world of real estate. 😂

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

@crackerjack687 Racism is just awful.

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“Conversation is only possible when people’s minds are free from anxiety.”

The Summing Up. 1938

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

“There is only one thing about which I am certain, and that is that there is very little about which one can be certain.”

From The Summing Up, 1938. And still delighting readers after 87 years.

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

What Somerset Maugham would surely have said about D0nald Chump:

“The gift of speech, as we know, is not often accompanied by the power of thought.”

Perfect, Summing Up, Mr Maugham.👍

[W Somerset Maugham @W_S_Maugham]

Finally arrived. And well worth the wait. Congratulations to Professor Robert Calder. To produce a book on Maugham of this quality in your 80s is a magnificent achievement. The Master would have been rightly proud of you. Well done, sir.

[Neil Jenman @neiljenman]

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