Liza of Lambeth

Name: Liza of Lambeth
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
ISBN: 9781482912937

Author: W. Somerset Maugham

Narrator: David Ian Davies

Unabridged: 3 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 05/01/2013

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Liza of Lambeth, W. Somerset Maughams first novel, offers insight into the everyday lives of working class Londoners at the turn of the twentieth century. Liza Kemp is an eighteen-year-old girl working in a factory in the Lambeth slum along Londons Vere Street. As Liza enters into a misguided affair with an older, married man, Jim Blakeston, the novel reveals the tragedies and abuses suffered by those living in poverty. A mood of subdued acceptance of ones life conditions prevails in this novel, which sparked the literary career of one of Englands most successful authors of the twentieth century.

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