**"There is something bracing about the sincerity of [Maugham's] style . . . a style that serves his general purpose of stripping life to the bone with a thin, sharp knife that lays open to view the normal flesh and the healthy flow of blood as well as the cancerous sore beneath." —Leslie A. Marchan
Mrs. Craddock
- Book ID
- 126151761
- Publisher
- New York G.H. Doran
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 801 KB
- Category
- Standards
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**"There is something bracing about the sincerity of [Maugham's] style . . . a style that serves his general purpose of stripping life to the bone with a thin, sharp knife that lays open to view the normal flesh and the healthy flow of blood as well as the cancerous sore beneath." —Leslie A. Marchan
The three novels in this collection, _Liza of Lambeth_ (1897), _Mrs Craddock_ (1902), and _The Magician_ (1908), had a lasting influence on the literary world. Their settings are various--ranging from the South London slums through the Kentish countryside to the British expatriate community in early