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Plot summary. The action covers a period of roughly four months—from August to November—in a year in the 1890s. Liza Kemp is an 18-year-old factory worker and the youngest of a large family, now living alone with her aging mother.
Liza of Lambeth. W. Somerset Maugham. 3.40. 2,213 ratings230 reviews. W. Somerset Maugham’s first novel is about the gloomy, poverty-stricken world of South London in the 1890s and how it affects one young girl who tries to escape from it. Genres ClassicsFictionRomance19th CenturyBritish LiteratureLiteratureHistorical Fiction. ...more.
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Aug 12, 2005 · Liza of Lambeth by W. Somerset Maugham. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
- W. Somerset Maugham
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- 1897
- Liza of Lambeth
Sep 18, 2011 · A naturalistic fiction about a young factory worker who has a secret affair with a married man in a London slum. The novel depicts the social and moral problems of the working class, the Cockney dialect, and the entertainment venues of the late Victorian era.
Liza of Lambeth is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham about a street girl who falls in love with a married man. The novel depicts the naturalism of late nineteenth-century England and the tragic fate of the protagonist.
Aug 12, 2005 · All at once there was a cry: 'There's Liza!'. And several members of the group turned and called out: 'Oo, look at Liza!'. The dancers stopped to see the sight, and the organ-grinder, having come to the end of his tune, ceased turning the handle and looked to see what was the excitement. 'Oo, Liza!' they called out.
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,...
