# The Narrator — Cakes and Ale character guide

> The Narrator in Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** I, me, my

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

The unnamed first-person narrator, a successful novelist reflecting on his past and literary circles.

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