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Liza of Lambeth
W. Somerset Maugham
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Paperback. Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she is adored by the steady, loyal Tom. But then Liza meets Jim Blakeston, charming and worldy, new to the area, and married. Soon the streets are wise to their passionate affair and Liza's fall from grace is fast and fatal. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she is adored by the steady, loyal Tom. But then Liza meets Jim Blakeston, charming and worldy, new to the area, and married. Soon the streets are wise to their passionate affair and Liza's fall from grace is fast and fatal. Written while Maugham was a medical student, and his first published novel, Liza of Lambeth is a vividly realistic portrayal of working-class London life.
Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she is adored by the steady, loyal Tom. But then Liza meets Jim Blakeston, charming and worldy, new to the area, and married. Soon the streets are wise to their passionate affair and Liza's fall from grace is fast and fatal. Written while Maugham was a medical student, and his first published novel, Liza of Lambeth is a vividly realistic portrayal of working-class London life.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099282747
SKU
V9780099282747
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99-34
About W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to literature. Of Human ... Read more
Reviews for Liza of Lambeth
One of the most interesting and least patronising accounts of cockney life in the late 19th century
The Times
A picture of such squalor and deprivation that it caused an uproar and made Maugham famous
Sunday Times
He evolved a quality possessed only by master story-tellers - that of making the reader greedy for more
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The Times
A picture of such squalor and deprivation that it caused an uproar and made Maugham famous
Sunday Times
He evolved a quality possessed only by master story-tellers - that of making the reader greedy for more
... Read more