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Title: Cakes and Ale

Subtitle: or The Skeleton in the Cupboard

Author: W. Somerset Maugham

Narrator: Neil Hunt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Of all Somerset Maughams novels this is the most entertaining and arguably his best ever. Rosie is a barmaid with a heart of gold and a skeleton in her closet. Maughams portrait of her makes his novel fairly glow with witty observations of the contemporary literary scene. Features Willie Ashenden, who resurfaces in Maughams Ashenden.

Members Reviews:

Different and entertaining

Like traveling in time, a story about a girl- a different type of girl, in a time were being different was even harder than now - all through the lens of a writer/lover.

Good reading

A great classic that arrived in really good condition

Cakes and Ale

I am a huge fan of W. Somerset Maugham novels and short stories and this book didn't disappoint me. Maugham fleshes out the story at the end (do not peek ahead) and leaves us with a good feeling with this one.

Engrossing and Enjoyable

What a lovely novel! The reader can curl up in the discursive style as if it were a nice warm quilt, enjoying the leisurely unfolding of the story and the characters in perfect comfort. Moreover, this is a very funny book, about the British class system and the literary world a hundred years ago. Plus que ca change --- . It's also clearly a roman a clef, which adds to the fun. Great read.

Four Stars

Delightful insider scoop on the writing / public intellectual "industry." Plus ca change ...