Bishop's Apron
W. Somerset Maugham
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." -- Lee Smalley
Author - W. Somerset Maugham.
Narrator - Lee Smalley.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
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." -- Lee Smalley Author - W. Somerset Maugham. Narrator - Lee Smalley. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:19:41
Chapter 2
Duration:00:23:49
Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
Duration:00:38:53
Chapter 7
Duration:00:22:57
Chapter 8
Duration:00:16:38
Chapter 9
Duration:00:23:14
Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
Duration:00:27:04
Chapter 12
Duration:00:22:56
Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
Duration:00:13:38
Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
Duration:00:31:06