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Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham

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Author Biography

Name: W. Somerset Maugham
Birth Date: January 25, 1874
Death Date: December 16, 1965
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Place of Death: Nice, France
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupations: Writer, Editor

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Biography of W(illiam) Somerset Maugham
1478 words, approx. 4.9 pages
Novelist, playwright, short-story writer, travel writer, autobiographer, and essayist, W. Somerset Maugham wrote only one collection of short stories that justifies his inclusion in any discussion of spy fiction: Ashenden; or The British Agent (1928). St...
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Biography of William Somerset Maugham
520 words, approx. 1.7 pages
The British novelist William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), one of the most popular writers in English in the 20th century, is noted for his clarity of style and skill in storytelling. Born in Paris, on Jan. 25, 1874, where his father was solicitor to the...
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Biography of W(illiam) Somerset Maugham
12200 words, approx. 40.7 pages
When William Somerset Maugham celebrated his seventh birthday in Paris, he received from Lady Anglesey, a family friend, a generous gift of twenty francs. Asked how he planned to use his money, young Willie (as he preferred to be addressed) eagerly respo...
 


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Cakes and Ale Information
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Cakes and Ale: or, the Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930) is a novel by British author William Somerset Maugham. It is a thinly-veiled roman à clef examining contemporary novelists Thomas Hardy (as Edward Driffield) and Hugh Walpole (as Alroy Kear) -—...


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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Proof of the pudding cake is in the reading.(VARIETY)(Al Sicherman)
09/24/2001: 1,338 words, approx. 5 pages
Byline: Al Sicherman; Staff Writer RSEC: + Uncle Al rather doubts we're ready for an absolutely hilarious column; that's OK, because he doesn't have one. There's just this: Not long ago, while Uncle Al was wearing his Taste-section hat (it's...
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Uncle (Pudding Cake) Al solves an online puzzle.(VARIETY)(Al Sicherman)
10/08/2001: 1,083 words, approx. 4 pages
Byline: Al Sicherman; Staff Writer RSEC: + For the last time, Uncle Al directs the fearless spotlight of his hard-hitting column to the matter of pudding cake: Uncle Al had thought that presenting the recipes for both Chocolate Pudding Cake...
 


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