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Cakes and Ale

by W. Somerset Maugham

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1930
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Narrated by the mild, watchful Willie Ashenden, this comedy of literary reputations circles the memory of Edward Driffield, a celebrated novelist recently dead, whose widow and admirers are busy polishing him into a national monument. What they would rather forget is Rosie, Driffield's warm, unfaithful, wholly alive first wife, who is the real heart of the book. Maugham uses the story to mock the pieties of literary fame, and readers at the time enjoyed spotting caricatures of Thomas Hardy and Hugh Walpole in its pages. He himself named it among his favorites of his own novels. First published in 1930, it stays sharp and affectionate at once.

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W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most popular British authors of the twentieth century, working across the novel, the short story, and the stage. He trained as a physician and served in wartime intelligence, experiences that sharpened his clear prose and unsentimental view of people.

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First published
1930
Reading time
About 5 hours
Pages
172
Language
English
Genre
Satire
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