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The novel deals with the craft of writing and the foibles of those who do it. Social climber alroy kear is flattered when he is selected by edward driffields wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined to write a bestseller. A near fine copy with foxing to the page edges, in a near fine dustwrapper, crisp and bright showing a touch of toning to the spine. Cakes and ale is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skilfully crafted study of freedom. Cakes and ale is a characteristic somerset maugham novel, a combination of social satire, autobiography, and roman a clef. Cakes and ale w somerset maugham cakes and ale w somerset getting the books cakes and ale w somerset maugham now is not type of inspiring means. Cakes and ale is a delicious satire of london literary society between the wars. Somerset maugham william somerset maugham and other ebooks from all genres of literature, both fiction and nonfiction, historical documents and sheet music, all of which are available on a subscription basis. The luncheon by somerset maugham sample tasks page 1. The guard, eight little dyak soldiers, stood to attention as he passed. Lord george, the local coal merchant, adds to the merriment and is to play. Working in the slums of lambeth as an obstetric clerk, maugham s experiences led him to write liza of lambeth 1897. Her character is treated favourably by the books narrator, ashenden, who.
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Cakes and ale is probably the most cheerful of maughams works, considering that it comprises chiefly of the narrators recollections of a carefree summer vacation due to a strange friendship with a middleaged writer, driffield, and his sensuous, friendly wife, rosie. Somerset william somerset 1874 1965 date of first publication. He was among the most popular writers of his era, and reputedly, the highest paid author during the 1930s. William somerset maugham, ediths youngest son, was born in the british embassy in paris to protect him from later conscription into the french army on january 25, 1874. Blackstable takes the place of whitstable as it did in of human bondage. May 30, 2000 cakes and ale is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skilfully crafted study of freedom. Commercial success with high book sales, successful theatre productions and a string of film adaptations, backed by astute stock market investments, allowed maugham to live a very. Warburton, was told that the prahu was in sight he put on his solar topee and went down to the landingstage. I only came to see what seats had been sent to the dennorants. He was educated at kings school, canterbury, and at heidelberg university. The story is told by willie ashenden, a character who previously appeared in maughams shortstory collection ashenden.
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