Who in the 1930's wrote the novel 'Cakes And Ale'?
"was published in the United States and told the story of ""a novelist who writes novels about other novelists"", and furthered the speculation about the Walpole/Kear association. It was rumoured that the author was Hugh Walpole himself, after the novel appeared in England under the title ""Full Circle"". The book was quickly removed from sale by its English publisher, supposedly at the behest of Somerset Maugham. The true author was later discovered to be Elinor Mordaunt. In ""The Fine Art of Literary Mayhem"", Myrick Land asserts that ""Cakes and Ale"" ruined the last 11 years of Walpole's life and destroyed"
"the deep mystery of love, and the act of love, in the life of each character, as he recounts a history of creativity, infidelity and literary memory. ""Cakes and Ale"" was first published in serialised form in four issues of ""Harper's Bazaar"" (February, March, April, and June 1930). The first edition of the novel was published in September the same year by William Heinemann in London and the Garden City Publishing Company in Garden City, New York. Two of the novel's principal characters, Alroy Kear and Edward Driffield, were widely interpreted by contemporaneous readers as thinly veiled and unflattering characterizations"
"with the ""Letters"", but was obliged to relinquish the task to Graham Balfour. Sitwell and Colvin married on 7 July 1903, following the death of her husband and his mother. They had 20 years of married life, before she died on 1 August 1924. The couple were the subject of a 1928 biography by E. V. Lucas. According to the literary critic R. L. Calder, the Colvins were models for Mr and Mrs Barton Trafford in W. Somerset Maugham's 1930 ""Cakes and Ale"". Colvin was knighted in 1911. The citation reads Sidney Colvin Sir Sidney Colvin (18 June 1845 –"
"sold. (Gomes [Haynes' new neighbour] and Mr. Rojas are taking over Rouse's declining cake business.) Though his visits are less frequent in time to come, bachelor Haynes often passes by No. 2, thinking of all that used to happen there. At the end of the novel, a family of five—husband, wife and three children—happen to be its new residents. , Minty Alley Minty Alley is a groundbreaking novel written by Trinidadian writer C. L. R. James in the late 1920s, and published in London by Secker & Warburg in 1936, as West Indian literature was starting to flourish. It was"
"A. R. Gurney Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr. (November 1, 1930 – June 13, 2017), as pen name A. R. Gurney (sometimes credited as Pete Gurney) was an American playwright, novelist and academic. He is known for works including ""The Dining Room"" (1982), ""Sweet Sue"" (1986/7), and ""The Cocktail Hour"" (1988), and for his Pulitzer Prize nominated play ""Love Letters"". His series of plays about upper-class WASP life in contemporary America have been called ""penetratingly witty studies of the WASP ascendancy in retreat."" Gurney was born on November 1, 1930 in Buffalo, New York to Albert Ramsdell Gurney, Sr. (1896-1977), who"
"The Poisoned Chocolates Case The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929) is a detective novel by Anthony Berkeley set in 1920s London in which a group of armchair detectives, who have founded the ""Crimes Circle"", formulate theories on a recent murder case Scotland Yard has been unable to solve. Each of the six members, including their president, Berkeley's amateur sleuth Roger Sheringham, arrives at an altogether different solution as to the motive and the identity of the perpetrator, and also applies different methods of detection (basically deductive or inductive or a combination of both). Completely devoid of brutality but containing a lot"
"as the author of a pseudonymous novel called ""Gin and Bitters"", referencing the debate in the London publishing world over whether Somerset Maugham had based the character of Alroy Kear in ""Cakes and Ale"" on Hugh Walpole. The book was removed from sale in the UK, apparently under pressure from Maugham. On 27 January 1933 at Tenerife, Canary Islands, she was married to Robert Rawnsley Bowles, aged 66, a retired barrister from Gloucestershire. In her own words, the marriage 'ended in tragedy'. She died on 25 June 1942 at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. Elinor Mordaunt Elinor Mordaunt (also known as"
"troubling novels have achieved the status of classics in young adult literature."" Cormier died in 2000 due to complications from a blood clot. Fiction Realistic Fiction Robert Cormier Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 – November 2, 2000) was an American author and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels, many of which were written for young adults. Recurring themes include abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal, and conspiracy. In most of his novels, the protagonists do not win. His most popular works include ""I Am the Cheese"", ""After the First Death"", ""We All Fall Down"", and ""The Chocolate War"","
"discarded mistresses; and some more. At the very end of the novel, however, there is no doubt as to the identity of the perpetrator. The Poisoned Chocolates Case The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929) is a detective novel by Anthony Berkeley set in 1920s London in which a group of armchair detectives, who have founded the ""Crimes Circle"", formulate theories on a recent murder case Scotland Yard has been unable to solve. Each of the six members, including their president, Berkeley's amateur sleuth Roger Sheringham, arrives at an altogether different solution as to the motive and the identity of the perpetrator,"
"story written in the 1930s by the British composer and bon-vivant Gerald Berners, the 14th Lord Berners, under the pseudonym ""Adela Quebec"", published and distributed privately in 1932. Another trend in the twentieth century was the rise of the lesbian pulp fiction. Works such as ""The Price of Salt"" (1952), ""Spring Fire"" (1952), ""Desert of the Heart"" (1964), and ""Patience and Sarah"" (1969) were only a few examples of this subgenre. Many of the authors were women themselves, such as Gale Wilhelm and Ann Bannon. Many male homosexuals also enjoyed gay pulp fiction, which borrowed the same sexploitation format as"
"Robert Cormier Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 – November 2, 2000) was an American author and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels, many of which were written for young adults. Recurring themes include abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal, and conspiracy. In most of his novels, the protagonists do not win. His most popular works include ""I Am the Cheese"", ""After the First Death"", ""We All Fall Down"", and ""The Chocolate War"", all of which have won awards. ""The Chocolate War"" was challenged in multiple libraries. Robert Cormier was born in 1925 in Leominster, Massachusetts, in the French-Canadian"
"London revival of ""The Making of Moo"" was staged at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, London, in November 2009. According to a letter published in ""The Guardian"" in May 2008: ""In the 1930s, Dennis wrote ""Chalk and Cheese; a co-educational school novel"" under the pseudonym Richard Vaughan. Legend has it that, before publication, every copy was destroyed in an air raid on a warehouse."" In fact the novel, which was largely autobiographical, was published in 1934 and reviewed by the ""Times Literary Supplement"", among others. Nigel Dennis Nigel Forbes Dennis (16 January 1912–19 July 1989) was an English writer, critic,"
"Bread and Honey Bread and Honey (1970) is a novel for children by Australian author Ivan Southall, illustrated by Wolfgang Grasse. It won the in 1971. It is also known by the alternative title ""Walk a Mile and Get Nowhere"". Michael Cameron is a thirteen-year-old boy living in a small country town with his father and grandmother after the death of his mother. On a wet ANZAC Day, Michael meets and defends a nine-year-old girl from a local bully, and comes to appreciate the attitude of the adults around him and his place in the world. Gwen Hutchings in ""The"
"selective – only the ancient custom of the Mari Lwyd and the legend of Taliesin"". Alun Lewis (1915–44), from Cwmaman near Aberdare, published both poetry and short fiction and might well have been a major figure in the decades after the war but for his early death. The careers of some 1930s writers continued after World War Two, including those of Gwyn Thomas, Vernon Watkins, and Dylan Thomas, whose most famous work ""Under Milk Wood"" was first broadcast in 1954. The critic, novelist, and poet Glyn Jones's (1905–1995) career also began in the 1930s, but he belongs more to the"
"the 1930s which centres on the scientific excitement of the interwar years contrasted with the vexing moral questions faced by scientists during World War II. The main character is a fictional physicist and pacifist who studied and worked at Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory with Nunn May before the war. George's acknowledged inspiration for the story was her grandfather, a real-life physicist whose true story follows several of the particulars of her character, Walter Dunnachie. Alan Nunn May Alan Nunn May (2 May 1911 – 12 January 2003) was a British physicist, and a confessed and convicted Soviet spy, who supplied secrets"
"Chocolates for Breakfast Chocolates for Breakfast is a 1956 American novel written by Pamela Moore. Originally published in 1956 when Moore was eighteen years old, the novel gained notoriety from readers and critics for its frank depiction of teenage sexuality, and its discussion of the taboo topics of homosexuality and gender roles. The plot focuses on fifteen-year-old Courtney Farrell and her destructive upbringing between her father, a wealthy Manhattan publisher, and her mother, a faltering Hollywood actress. Upon its release in 1956, the novel became an international sensation and was published in multiple languages, with many critics drawing comparisons to"
"party held in London, England in 1924 by novelist Alec Waugh. A reference to a (possibly fictitious) ""Green Swizzle"" drink dates to 1925 (see ""Other Swizzles"" below). The Rum Swizzle is also mentioned in Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel ""Arrowsmith"", which is set in the fictional Caribbean island of St. Hubert. In 1930, the drink was referenced in a book written by Joseph Hergesheimer, which refers to the drink containing Bacardi rum and bitters, as well as a swizzle stick made of sassafras. The Rum Swizzle was also mentioned in the 1931 autobiographical novel ""Half a Loaf"", penned by Sinclair Lewis's"
"him endless self-consciousness and embarrassment, echoing Maugham's struggles with his stutter and, as his biographer Ted Morgan notes, his homosexuality. Two of his later novels were based on historical people: ""The Moon and Sixpence"" is about the life of Paul Gauguin; and ""Cakes and Ale"" contains what were taken as thinly veiled and unflattering characterisations of the authors Thomas Hardy (who had died two years previously) and Hugh Walpole. Maugham himself denied any intention of doing this in a long letter to Walpole: ""I certainly never intended Alroy Kear to be a portrait of you. He is made up of"
"Coffee, Tea or Me? Coffee, Tea or Me? is a book of purported memoirs by the fictitious stewardesses Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones, written by the initially uncredited Donald Bain and first published in 1967. The book depicts the anecdotal lives of two lusty young stewardesses, and was originally presented as factual. Donald Bain revealed in his 2002 memoir ""Every Midget Has an Uncle Sam Costume: Writing for a Living"" that he wrote ""Coffee, Tea or Me?"" and three sequels while employed as a New York City-based American Airlines public relations person. The publisher hired two Eastern Airlines stewardesses to"
"Josephine Pinckney Josephine Lyons Scott Pinckney (January 25, 1895 – October 4, 1957) was a novelist and poet in the literary revival of the American South after World War I. Her first best-selling novel was the social comedy, ""Three O'clock Dinner"" (1945). Josephine Pinckney was born in Charleston, South Carolina on January 25, 1895 to Thomas Pinkney and Camilla Scott. She attended Ashley Hall and established a literary magazine there, graduating in 1912. She then attended college at the College of Charleston, Radcliffe College, and Columbia University, and held an honorary degree from the College of Charleston, given 1935. She"
"after the protagonist of the novel. As Robert Nedelkoff points out in his retrospective on the literary and social significance of Moore's work, the name Courtney became common as a girl's name only in the years after the novel's publication. In the series Feud, Joan Crawford is portrayed rejecting the book as a possible movie source. Chocolates for Breakfast Chocolates for Breakfast is a 1956 American novel written by Pamela Moore. Originally published in 1956 when Moore was eighteen years old, the novel gained notoriety from readers and critics for its frank depiction of teenage sexuality, and its discussion of"
"extracted his poetry from Silone's prose. When the scores of these cantatas were published in the 1950s in East Germany, Eisler dated their creation to the year 1935, although the novel had been published only in 1936. Bread and Wine (novel) Bread and Wine is an anti-fascist and anti-Stalinist novel written by Ignazio Silone. It was finished while the author was in exile from Benito Mussolini's Italy. It was first published in 1936 in a German language edition in Switzerland as ""Brot und Wein"", and in an English translation in London later the same year. An Italian version, ""Pane e"
"""Rules and Meanings"" (1973). Lucy Grace Allen Lucy Grace Allen (born 1867) was an American cookery teacher and author. She studied and then taught at Mrs Farmer's School of Cookery (founded by Fannie Farmer) in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1915, together with Minnie S. Turner, Allen co-founded the Boston School of Cookery at 48a Gloucester Street, becoming the new school's director. In 1926, she was described as having lived her whole life in New England. An excerpt from her influential ""Table Service"" (first edition 1915), once described as ""a clear, concise and yet comprehensive exposition of the waitress' duties"", was printed"
"You Like It""). She died in Arden on January 21, 1929, and is buried with her husband at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery in Fletcher, North Carolina. Maria Taylor Beale Maria Parker Taylor Beale (January 30, 1849 – January 21, 1929) was an American author. She published ""Jack O'Doon: A Novel"", a novel about the North Carolina coast, in 1895, and ""The White Horse In The Tree Top"", as well as a number of short stories. She was born Maria Taylor in Richmond, Virginia, in 1894, and studied art in Paris. She married Charles Willing Beale, who was also an author,"
"Bread and Wine (novel) Bread and Wine is an anti-fascist and anti-Stalinist novel written by Ignazio Silone. It was finished while the author was in exile from Benito Mussolini's Italy. It was first published in 1936 in a German language edition in Switzerland as ""Brot und Wein"", and in an English translation in London later the same year. An Italian version, ""Pane e vino"", did not appear until 1937. After the war, Silone completely revised the text, publishing a significantly different version in Italy (in 1955), reversing the title: ""Vino e pane"" (‘Wine and Bread’). This updated version is also"
"H. S. Kraft Hyman Solomon Kraft (April 30, 1899 – July 29, 1975), aka Hy Kraft or H.S. Kraft, was an American screenwriter, playwright, and theatrical producer. Among the notable comedy plays that he wrote were ""Ten Per Cent"" (1932), ""Poppa"" (1929), ""Cafe Crown"" (1942), and ""Top Banana"" (1952). In 1964 ""Cafe Crown"" was revised as a Broadway musical produced by Philip Rose and Swanlee with music by Albert Hague and lyrics by Marty Brill. The musical plot is set in the early 1930s in and around the Cafe Crown at the corner of Second Avenue and 12th Street in"
"to the Indian Civil Service. On 3 January 1920, he married Evelyn Constance Halse. Bles entered publishing in 1923. Geoffrey Bles Limited were general publishers, but with a specialism in religion and translated works. Among the authors Bles published were C.S. Lewis, J.B. Phillips, Cecil Street, Mabel Lethbridge, Halliday Sutherland, Vicki Baum, and Maria von Trapp. Baum's ""Grand Hotel"" (1930), originally published in German, was a huge commercial success for Bles. Bles was introduced to C.S. Lewis through his employee Ashley Sampson (1900–1947) who owned the Centenary Press. Bles bought that company and merged it with his own, thus acquiring"
"and Ices"" grew the more David researched the subject. The compilation of existing essays and press articles took less time, and in 1984 ""An Omelette and a Glass of Wine"" was published, edited by Norman who became David's literary executor and edited further David works after the author's death. The death in 1986 of her younger sister Felicité, who had lived in the top floor of her house for thirty years, was a severe blow to David. She began to suffer from depression and went to the doctor after suffering chest pains; he diagnosed tuberculosis and she was hospitalised. After"
"1930s and 1940s was George Orwell (1903–50), who is especially remembered for his satires of totalitarianism, ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" (1949) and ""Animal Farm"" (1945). Evelyn Waugh (1903–66) satirised the ""bright young things"" of the 1920s and 1930s, notably in ""A Handful of Dust"" (1934), and ""Decline and Fall"" (1928), while ""Brideshead Revisited"" (1945) has a theological basis, setting out to examine the effect of divine grace on its main characters. Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) published his famous dystopia ""Brave New World"" in 1932, the same year as John Cowper Powys's (1872–1963) ""A Glastonbury Romance"". Samuel Beckett (1906–89) published his first major work,"
"Fair moved to Finland, where he dedicated himself more to sculpture than writing. Ronald Fair Ronald L. Fair (born October 27, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African-American writer known for his experimental and versatile literary forms. He is best known for his 1966 novel ""Hog Butcher"", set in 1960s' Chicago. This was the basis of the 1975 film ""Cornbread, Earl and Me"". The cast included Rosalind Cash and Laurence Fishburne. Relocating to Finland, Fair began sculpting in 1977. In December 1980 he became ""born again"", thereafter becoming a ""Christian writer"" and founder of the International Orphans' Assistance Association. Ronald"
"Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote (; born Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1958) and the true crime novel ""In Cold Blood"" (1966), which he labeled a ""nonfiction novel"". At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from his work. Capote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother, and multiple migrations. He had discovered his calling as"
"Club."" On June 7, 1964, Moore's husband left to go to work, while she stayed home with their small child Kevin, while working on her next book, tentatively entitled ""Kathy"". When he returned home from work, he found Moore dead on the floor next to her typewriter of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. ""Chocolates for Breakfast"" was republished in paperback and e-book editions in June 2013, with a new foreword by author Emma Straub. Pamela Moore (author) Pamela Moore (September 22, 1937 – June 7, 1964) was an American novelist best known for her debut novel ""Chocolates for"
"Angus Cameron (publisher) Donald Angus Cameron (1908-2002), publicly known by his middle name, was an American book editor and publisher. Cameron scored his first success handling ""The Joy of Cooking"" by Irma Rombauer for Indianapolis publisher Bobbs-Merrill Company in 1936. He moved to Little, Brown and Company in 1938. While editor at Little, Brown, Cameron was responsible for the promotion of then-unknown writer J. D. Salinger, controversial poet Ogden Nash, and various left wing authors including Lillian Hellman, Howard Fast, and Carey McWilliams. In 1947 the politically radical Cameron became a public target of red-baiting led by historian Arthur Schlesinger,"