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Mrs Craddock (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)

by W Somerset Maugham (Author)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books (1 Jan 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0143105124
  • ISBN-13: 978-0143105121
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,534,884 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Assertive and sensual, Bertha Ley finds herself carried away by a passion for Edward Craddock, a young man she has known since childhood. She sees in marriage to him a chance to escape from the quiet life she leads with her aunt - and to experience true love.
But, passionate and full of life, she discovers that little in her marriage to the dutiful and sensible Edward meets her expectations. And as passion dies, she finds herself trapped in an oppressively incongruous marriage.
Rejected by publisher after publisher, Mrs Craddock was finally published only on the condition that various 'shocking' passages were removed. Maugham, unable to see what was so offensive, was delighted when the book was reissued thirty years later in its original form.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read, 17 Feb 2003
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This review is from: Mrs. Craddock (Vintage Classics) (Paperback)
I loved this book. Maugham gives us a portrait of a marriage between a passionate woman and a dull and dutyful man, starting from the moment he proposes to her. Bertha Craddock easily becomes one of the great females in his books or plays. She is certainly one of the earliest ones. Maugham usually bittersweet taste is the resposability of Bertha's aunt, who dissects that marriage with a clinical eye. A must read.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for an early Maugham, 5 Nov 2009
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Definitely not a Maugham classic, I would only recommend it as one of the better early works and for the references to it in his later books. Read it if you're a Maugham fan already, but don't bother otherwise, as it may put you off reading Maugham's better later work.
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