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Liza Of Lambeth

Liza Of Lambeth Paperback / softback - 2000

by W. Somerset Maugham

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Paperback / softback. New. Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. 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.
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  • Title Liza Of Lambeth
  • Author W. Somerset Maugham
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage Classics, London
  • Date 2000-07-25
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780099282747
  • ISBN 9780099282747 / 0099282747
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Liza of Lambeth (1897) narrates Liza's last four months alive. She lives in a working-class area of London, and as the youngest of thirteen siblings she is left to look after their incompetent mother. She rejects a local suitor, but finds herself attracted to a mysterious stranger on a site-seeing trip. The novel gives insight into working-class London at the turn of the century.

From the publisher

W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He trained as a doctor in London where he started writing his first novels. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place for a number of writers, artists and politicians. He died in 1965.

Media reviews

"The modern writer who has influenced me the most." - George Orwell

"One of my favourite writers." - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

"A writer of great dedication." - Graham Greene

About the author

W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He trained as a doctor in London where he started writing his first novels. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place for a number of writers, artists and politicians. He died in 1965.