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CAKES AND ALE, The Classic Novel, SOMERSET MAUGHAM

When the celebrated novelist Edward Driffield dies, the literary world rushes to canonize him—tidying up his life and legacy for public consumption. But for struggling writer William Ashenden, the truth behind Driffield’s rise to fame lies not in his books, but in the scandalous figure of Rosie—Driffield’s first wife, a woman as radiant and unrefined as the seaside town they once haunted together. In Cakes and Ale, Maugham peels back the polished veneer of literary fame to reveal a tale of bohemian freedom, artistic hypocrisy, and the raw, unfiltered passions that truly shape a life. Witty, subversive, and quietly devastating, this is a story where memory clashes with myth—and where the muse, once forgotten, demands her due.