Liza of Lambeth, W. Somerset Maugham
Liza of Lambeth, W. Somerset Maugham
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Liza of Lambeth

Author: W. Somerset Maugham

Narrator: Davina Porter

Unabridged: 3 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/06/2008

Synopsis

An extraordinarily popular author during his lifetime, W. Somerset Maugham created a literary legacy that includes such classics as The Moon and Sixpence and The Razor' s Edge. Maugham' s first novel, Liza of Lambeth is the story of 18-year-old Liza Kemp, a London factory worker near the beginning of the 20th century who falls deeply in love with a 40-year-old father of nine children. As the affair escalates, Liza pays little mind to the damage her reputation is suffering. But society becomes increasingly troubled by the relationship.

About W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was an English playwright, novelist, and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and, reputedly, the highest paid author during the 1930s. His semiautobiographical Of Human Bondage is considered to be his masterpiece. Other notable works by Maugham include The Moon and Sixpence, The Razor's Edge, Cakes and Ale, and The Gentleman in the Parlour.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rosemary on November 11, 2023

A slight but evocative novella which vividly depicts inner-city London at the close of the Victorian era. Dickensian in characterisation - but never sentimental - Maugham places himself at the centre of a rumbustious and brazen community, depicting with tenderness both its brutality and warmth. Alco......more

Goodreads review by Steve on June 10, 2024

Liza is a blossoming teenage girl from a tough neighbourhood who lives with a tough mother. A young boy by the name of Tom fancies her; but she’s more attracted to the burly and rougher, Jim, an older man who's married with kids. Somerset Maugham’s first novel (from 1897) was written when he was sti......more

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