Mrs Craddock (Penguin Classics)

Mrs Craddock (Penguin Classics)

â€œThere 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.â€ â€”Leslie A. Marchand,Â The New York Times

Edward Craddock is a thoroughly good man. He may lack his wife Berthaâ€™s education, but he is unfailingly good-humored, handsome, placid, and popular. It is hardly surprising that Bertha adores him. But expending all oneâ€™s passion, all oneâ€™s spirit, on a man who is so undemonstrative, so unimaginative, can be very trying, as Bertha soon discovers.
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In this penetrating study of an unequal marriage, W. Somerset Maugham explores the nature of love and happiness and finds that the two rarely coincide.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700Â titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theÂ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateÂ translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780143105121
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2008-02-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143105121

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780143105121
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2008-02-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143105121

Mrs Craddock (Penguin Classics)

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