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Analysis: Some Historical, Cultural, and Literary References in Mrs. Craddock (1902) by W. Somerset Maugham
Miss Ley (Portrait-statue of Agrippina) in Mrs. Craddock (1902)W. Somerset Maugham
As Mrs.Craddock (1902) was written over a hundred years ago, some of the references that W. Somerset Maugham made in the novel may not be so obvious, and it is interesting to find them out, as I have been doing with some of his other works.
The picture for this post is most probably the portrait-statue that Maugham mentions as the model of his fictitious Miss Ley. For more discussion on this character, please re…
Analysis: Bertha's Tragedy: Mrs. Craddock (1902) by W. Somerset Maugham
Mrs Craddock, 1955, New and RevisedW. Somerset Maugham
Mrs. Craddock (London: Heinemann, 1955)
I am very glad that finally I get to Mrs. Craddock. Note that my reference is not to the first edition. I do possess a first edition, which I will talk about and provide photo shortly. The reason why I put the 1955 edition is simply because it is the copy that I just finished reading, and thus the page numbers will be referring to it. It was some time since I bought this edition and hadn't got time…