Mrs Craddock (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Maugham, W Somerset

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143105124 ISBN 13: 9780143105121

Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, 2008

Synopsis

"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. Marchand, The New York Times

Edward Craddock is a thoroughly good man. He may lack his wife Bertha's education, but he is unfailingly good-humored, handsome, placid, and popular. It is hardly surprising that Bertha adores him. But expending all one's passion, all one's spirit, on a man who is so undemonstrative, so unimaginative, can be very trying, as Bertha soon discovers.

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.

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About this title

Product Description:

A young woman, carried away by passion, sees a chance to escape a dull life and to experience true love. But 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 a loveless, oppressive marriage.

Review:

"He is a decade ahead of D.H. Lawrence in his portrayal of a woman with a passionate sexual attraction" (Washington Post)

"Maugham's best work as a novelist...ahead of its time" (New York Times)

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0143105124
• ISBN 13: 9780143105121
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304