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Cakes and Ale

By: W. Somerset Maugham
Narrated by: James Saxon
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When Cakes and Ale was first published in 1930 it roused a storm of controversy, since many people imagined they recognised portraits of literary figures now no more. It is the novel for which Maugham wished to be remembered.

©2009 W. Somerset Maugham (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction
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