Set in the final years of the 19th century, Mrs Craddock is about a young and attractive woman of independent means who marries beneath her.
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Completed in 1900, the novel was eventually published in 1902 by William Heinemann, but only on the condition that the author took out passages which, according to Heinemann, might have offended the readers.
As he had written about a subject that was considered daring at the time, Maugham had some difficulty finding a publisher.
Set in the final years of the 19th century, Mrs Craddock is about a young and attractive woman of independent means who marries beneath her