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He was a brilliant teller of tales, one of the most widely read authors of the twentieth century, and at one time the most famous writer in the world, yet w. Cakes and ale project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Somerset maugham ebooks in pdf format from ebookslibrary. Cakes and ale is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary heroines of twentiethcentury literature, maughams sardonic wit and william somerset maugham was born in and lived in paris until he was ten. He was educated at kings school, canterbury, and at heidelberg university. Cakes and ale by william somerset maugham paperback. May some of ebooks not available on your country and only available for those who subscribe and depend to the source of library websites.
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