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Cakes and Ale, or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930) is a novel by the British author W. Somerset Maugham. Maugham exposes the misguided social snobbery levelled at the character Rosie Driffield, whose frankness, honesty, and sexual freedom make her a target of conservative opprobrium.
- W. Somerset Maugham
- 1930
Cakes and Ale, comic novel by W. Somerset Maugham, published in 1930. The story is told by Willie Ashenden, a character who previously appeared in Maugham’s short-story collection Ashenden. A novelist, Ashenden is befriended by the ambitious, self-serving Alroy Kear, who has been commissioned to.
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“Cakes and ale” serves as a symbolic representation of the fleeting joys and transient nature of earthly pleasures. In a world filled with hardships and uncertainties, Shakespeare employs this metaphor to emphasize the inevitability of seeking solace and joy in simple, ephemeral pleasures.
3.78. 7,340 ratings705 reviews. 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. But then Kear discovers the great novelist's ...
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Dive deep into W. Somerset Maugham's Cakes and Ale with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion.
4 de oct. de 2019 · Maugham (1874-1965) was safely settled in the south of France when the storm broke over this book. Cakes and Ale is a piercing satire of British literary circles, and features (apparently) very recognisable portraits of authors Thomas Hardy, and Maugham’s erstwhile friend Horace Walpole.
4 de mar. de 2010 · 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...
