Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard by W. Somerset Maugham

Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard

W. Somerset Maugham

fiction classics reflective relaxing slow-paced

208 pages | first published 1930

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Cakes and Ale is a delicious satire of London literary society between the Wars. Social climber Alroy Kear is flattered when he is selected by Edward Driffield's wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined t...
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Summary of 40 reviews

Moods

lighthearted 33%
reflective 33%
relaxing 33%
sad 33%

Pace

slow 66%
medium 33%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 50% | Character: 50%

Strong character development?

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Loveable characters?

Yes: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

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