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Cakes and Ale
William Somerset Maugham
Narrator Grant
Publisher: 香港胤燚
Summary
"Cakes and Ale" is a novel by British author William Somerset Maugham, serialized in Harper's Bazaar in 1930, and published as a standalone book by Heinemann in the same year. The title is derived from a famous line in Shakespeare's *Twelfth Night*. The novel's main thread is the narrator Ashenden's recollection of the early relationship between writer Drifeld and his ex-wife Rosie, unfolding through the biographical research of popular novelist Gee. Rosie, based on Maugham's youthful lover, is portrayed as a complex woman of fickle and straightforward nature, while Drifeld is seen as a literary projection of Thomas Hardy. The work employs a narrative structure that interweaves recollection and reality, interspersed with anecdotes from the literary world. Maugham himself called it his "favorite novel" and a "unique emotional autobiography." *The Spectator* magazine praised it as "accurate, witty, and full of irony," and British writer Evelyn Waugh admired Maugham's mastery of gossip.
Duration: about 6 hours (06:10:09) Publishing date: 2026-04-22; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —
