tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post1262303324240648199..comments2023-06-18T05:44:02.991-04:00Comments on My Maugham Collection: The Merry-Go-Round by W. Somerset MaughamUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-34349011520510884242016-04-01T16:40:50.729-04:002016-04-01T16:40:50.729-04:00Best of luck! I do like it though...Best of luck! I do like it though...My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-37846847469829548562016-03-31T18:30:11.957-04:002016-03-31T18:30:11.957-04:00Yes, so I decided I do not like this novel-too gl...Yes, so I decided I do not like this novel-too gloomy. So I'm selling my 1st edition on eBay for $200. It's less than what I paid for it, but I want it to move somewhat quickly. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08967813811804895750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-2764379699960588652015-10-20T09:30:20.255-04:002015-10-20T09:30:20.255-04:00I think Maugham was on one hand dissatisfied with ...I think Maugham was on one hand dissatisfied with Colles, on the other hand, he was upset that there wasn't more promotion from Heinemann. There was a novel and a play in between <i>The Hero</i> and <i>The Merry-Go-Round</i>, with Maugham so anxious to make a name for himself and earn a living by writing, he must have been frustrated and upset. He was thirty by that time, and if he was going My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-13751131720054513122015-10-19T19:55:48.244-04:002015-10-19T19:55:48.244-04:00It seems odd that after the commercial failure of ...It seems odd that after the commercial failure of "The Merry-Go-Round" Maugham complained in a correspondence to a friend something to the effect of "If a publisher doesn't really believe a book will do well, you might as well through in the Thames than let them publish it," yet Heinemann printed 3000 copies as a first run. Didn't Hutchinson only print 1500 copies of &Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08967813811804895750noreply@blogger.com