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"Cakes And Ale Or The Skeleton In The Cupboard" 1948 MAUGHAM, W. Somerset
$50
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset
[221] pp.
Penguin Books
1948
7" x 4 1/2"
VG
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 narrator, Ashenden, who understands that she was a muse to the many artists who surrounded her, and who himself enjoyed her sexual favours.