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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.
Cakes and Ale is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, published in 1930. It follows the biographer Alroy Kear as he uncovers the scandalous secrets of the novelist Edward Driffield and his muse Rosie.
Learn the meaning and context of Shakespeare's phrase "cakes and ale", which symbolizes the fleeting nature of earthly pleasures. Discover how it appears in his works and how it has been used in literature, music, film, and media.
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.
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.
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...
Jul 22, 2013 · The Project Gutenberg EBook of Cakes & Ale, by Edward Spencer This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
