Cakes and Ale (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: W. Somerset Maugham
- First Published: 1930
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: Late 1920’s
- Setting: London and Kent
- Principal Characters: Ashenden, Alroy Kear, Edward Driffield, Rosie, Amy, George Kemp
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Roman à clef
- Subjects: Memory, Authors or writers, Literature, 1920’s, Novelists, England or English people, London, Widows or widowers, Biography
- Locales: London, England, Kent, England
The Story:
Alroy Kear, the most popular novelist of the day, arranged to have lunch with his friend Ashenden, another writer. Ashenden was fond of Kear, but he suspected that his invitation had been extended for a purpose. He was right. Kear wanted to talk about the late Edward Driffield, a famous English author of the past century. Kear had nothing but praise for the old man’s books, but Ashenden said that he had never thought Driffield exceptional. Kear enthusiastically told how well he had known Driffield in his last years and said that he was still a friend of...
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