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Cakes and Ale is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham about the life and works of a fictional author, Edward Driffield. The title refers to a line from Shakespeare and a fable about the good life, and the novel explores themes of art, love, and social snobbery.
- W. Somerset Maugham
- 1930
Cakes and Ale is a comic novel by W. Somerset Maugham, published in 1930, that satirizes London literary circles. It features a biographer who ignores the skeleton in the cupboard of his subject, the novelist Edward Driffield, and his two wives.
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Cakes and Ale is a delicious satire of London literary society between the Wars. Social climber Alroy Kear is flattered when he is selected by Edward Driffield's wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined to write a bestseller.
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CAKES AND ALE 255 knew that nothing short of a downright "go to hell" would check his persistence; but I was beset by curiosity. 1 had also a considerable affec tion for Roy. I had watched with admiration his rise in the world of letters. His career might well have served as a model for any young man entering upon the pursuit of literature.
9 de jul. de 2021 · 430.2M. 196 pages ; 20 cm. "Cakes and Ale aroused a storm of controversy when it was first published in 1930. It is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skillfully crafted study of freedom.
10 de jul. de 2019 · Cakes and ale. --by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. Publication date 1950 Publisher New York : Modern Library Collection trent ...
Cakes and Ale is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skilfully crafted study of freedom. As he traces the fortunes of Edward Driffield and his...
