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Homage to Maupassant
Somerset Maugham's stories show that he was basically a hippy, argues Henry Shukman
Henry Shukman
Sat 29 May 2004 00.47 BST
When I was 13 and had just arrived at a new school, our first set text was Cakes and Ale. It still baffles me even now that someone thought a bunch of 13-year-olds might enjoy Somerset Maugham's dissection of the making of literary reputations. Hugh Walpole (who he now?) was cut down to size, while Hardy was seen to grow like some natural phenomenon.
