Liza of Lambeth: A Tale of London - Softcover

Maugham, W. Somerset

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557426791 ISBN 13: 9781557426796

Publisher: World Library Classics, 2010

Synopsis

Liza of Lambeth (1897) was W. Somerset Maugham's first novel, which he wrote while working as a doctor at a hospital in Lambeth, then a working class district of London. It depicts the short life and death of Liza Kemp, an 18-year-old factory worker who lives together with her aging mother in Vere Street (obviously fictional) off Westminster Bridge Road (real) in Lambeth. It gives the reader an interesting insight into the everyday lives of working class Londoners at the turn of the century.

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Review:

"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" (Economist)

"He shrewdly spun the raw material of human suffering into a brutal tale. Maugham pushed the limits of acceptability and gained a following for it" (Washington Times)

Book Description:

A tale of passionate love affair within the vividly realistic portrayal of 19th century working-class London life by the neglected 20th century master.

About this edition

• Publisher: World Library Classics
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1557426791
• ISBN 13: 9781557426796
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 94