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1930: Heinemann: Novel [25] Six Stories Written in the First Person Singular: ... "Somerset Maugham and the Greatest Novels" June – October 1954 The Sunday Times
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. Her character is treated favourably by the book's ...
Maugham's novels after Liza of Lambeth include Of Human Bondage (1915), The Moon and Sixpence (1919), The Painted Veil (1925), Cakes and Ale (1930) and The Razor's Edge (1944). His short stories were published in collections such as The Casuarina Tree (1926) and The Mixture as Before (1940); many of them have been adapted for radio, cinema and ...
Pages in category "Novels by W. Somerset Maugham" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Sheppey (1933) was William Somerset Maugham's last play, written at the age of 59 and after he had reached distinction as a novelist and playwright. Maugham dedicated the book to Sir John Gielgud. It is the story about the change of fortune of hairdresser Joseph Miller who was born on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent and nicknamed Sheppey. The play is ...
A character named "William Ashenden" is the narrator of Maugham's 1930 novel Cakes and Ale. [30] A character named Ashenden also appears in several other of Maugham's short stories. The character appears briefly in the book The Bloody Red Baron by Kim Newman. "Ashenden" is mentioned a number of times in the Mick Herron novel "Slow Horses".
Christmas Holiday is a novel by the British writer Somerset Maugham, first published in 1939 by Heinemann. Just before the outbreak of the Second World War a naïve young Englishman travels to Paris to broaden his mind. There he meets a White Russian émigré Lydia, now working as a prostitute.
Arthur Ransome – Swallows and Amazons (first in the Swallows and Amazons series of 12 books) Ruth Plumly Thompson – The Yellow Knight of Oz (24th in the Oz series overall and the 10th written by her) Marion St John Webb – Mr Papingay's Flying Shop (first in the Papingay series of four books)
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