The Bishop's Apron

By: W. Somerset Maugham
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  • "Canon Spratte saw himself as he thought others might see him: mediocre, pompous, self-assertive, verbose." Maugham could have added ambitious, hypocritical, and vain. In this engrossing social satire, Theodore Spratte, a cleric, motivated by an obsessive desire to be elevated to bishop, embellishes his family history and intrudes upon his son's and daughter's courtships. A reviewer in 1906 wrote, "The whole book is an admirable blend of cynical gaiety and broadly farcical comedy; it is the smartest and most genuinely humorous novel that the season has yet given us."
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Episodes
  • Chapters XIX & XX

    Chapters XIX & XX
    Oct 4 2023
    31 mins
  • Chapter XVIII

    Chapter XVIII
    Oct 4 2023
    9 mins
  • Chapter XVII

    Chapter XVII
    Oct 4 2023
    14 mins

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