Maugham instead trained as a doctor, although he never practised professionally, as his first novel. But then kear discovers the great novelists voluptuous muse and unlikely first wife, rosie. Cakes and ales can be read at several levels, from the surface level satire of the english literati to a bildungsroman, or coming of age book. W somerset maugham cakes and ale is a delicious satire of london literary society between the wars. 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 comfortable life. Cakes and ale king county library system overdrive. Cakes and ale is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skilfully crafted study of freedom. Somerset maugham novels, short stories, plays and travel sketches is formatted for your ereader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Twelfth night takes for its theme the doubleness of human character, ranging from the calculated hypocrisy of the virtuous exemplified by literary opportunist and wouldbe biographer alroy kear to the animal weaknesses of the goodhearted yet unreformable rosie, former barmaid. Maugham exposes the misguided social snobbery levelled at the character rosie driffield, whose frankness, honesty, and sexual freedom make her a target of conservative propriety. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Buy somerset maugham, collection by somerset maugham ebook online at lulu. It is mostly family friendly, no bad words, violence but some may object to the presence of sex. Her character is treated favourably by the books narrator. The great novels and short stories of somerset maugham pdf. Cakes and ale by w somerset maugham 1930 sir toby belch. This was the only book of his they had on the shelf that day, so i grabbed it.
As he traces the fortunes of edward driffield and his extraordinary wife rosie, one of the most delightful heroines of twentiethcentury literature, maugham s sardonic wit and lyrical warmth expertly combine in this. The explorer, the hero, the land of the blessed virgin. Somerset maugham cakes and ale is several things all of them well written. The secret lives of somerset maugham portrays in full for the first time maugham s disastrous marriage to syrie wellcome, a manipulative society woman of dubious morality who trapped maugham with a pregnancy and an attempted suicide. A novelist, ashenden is befriended by the ambitious, selfserving alroy kear, who has been commissioned to. Somerset maugham s cakes and ale with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. To file a notice of infringement with us, you must provide us with the items specified below. Both maughams parents died before he was 10, and the orphaned boy was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold.
With an introduction by nicholas shakespeare cakes and ale is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skilfully crafted, isbn 9780099282778. He was raised by an uncle, who tried to persuade the youngster to become an accountant or parson. Project gutenberg offers 61768 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Somerset maugham tells the story of author william ashendens series of contracts over decades with a greatly renowned novelist, and the need of his wouldbe biographer for details that william alone can provide. William somerset maugham was born at the british embassy in paris, france. Social climber alroy kear is flattered when he is selected by edward driffields.
Somerset maugham 1874 1965 was a british playwright, novelist and short story writer. William somerset maugham 1874 1965 was a british playwright, novelist and short story writer. Somerset maughams 24 stories in his collected short stories volume 2 enticingly and unpredictably romantic, thrilling, mysterious, etc. As we learn from selina hastings in her excellent biography, the secret lives of somerset maugham, cakes and ale was written in 1930 in maughams sumptuous home, the villa mauresque on cap ferrat, at the time in his life when he was happiest and most content. He was among the most popular writers of his era, and reputedly, the highest paid author during the 1930s. Social climber alroy kear is flattered when he is selected by edward driffields wife to pen the official biography of. Theater by william somerset maugham download epub, mobi. Jun 25, 2019 a novelist, ashenden is befriended by. Lord george, the local coal merchant, adds to the merriment and is to play. The novel has been adapted several times for the stage and the screen. Start your 48hour free trial to unlock this cakes and ale study guide and get instant. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. This file includes seven novels and two books of short stories.
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