{"product_id":"liza-of-lambeth","title":"Liza Of Lambeth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maugham, W. Somerset\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 25-07-2000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003emodel number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099282747\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099282747\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nDown 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, 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. Written while Maugham was a medical student, and his first published novel,\u003cbr\u003e\nLiza of Lambeth is a vividly realistic portrayal of working-class London life.\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\nOne of the most interesting and least patronising accounts of cockney life in the late 19th century ―\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA picture of such squalor and deprivation that it caused an uproar and made Maugham famous ―\u003cbr\u003e\nSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe evolved a quality possessed only by master story-tellers - that of making the reader greedy for more ―\u003cbr\u003e\nEconomist\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe shrewdly spun the raw material of human suffering into a brutal tale. Maugham pushed the limits of acceptability and gained a following for it ―\u003cbr\u003e\nWashington Times\u003cbr\u003e\n      From the Inside Flap      \u003cbr\u003e\nMaugham's first published novel - a vividly realistic portrayal of slum life. Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she has found an adoring if conventional beau in Tom. When she meets Jim Blakeston, a married man new to the area, she is immediately magnetized by his attentions. But the streets are wise to their illicit, passionate affair and before long the secret is out.\u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nWilliam Somerset Maugham, famous as novelist, playwright and short-story writer, was born in 1874, and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with a view to practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to letters. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. His position as a successful playwright was being consolidated at the same time. His first play, A Man of Honour, was followed by a series of successes just before and after World War I, and his career in the theatre did not end until 1933 with Sheppey. His fame as a short story writer began with The Trembling of a Leaf, subtitled Little Stories of the South Sea Islands, in 1921, after which he published more than ten collections. His other works include travel books such as On a Chinese Screen, and Don Fernando, essays, criticism, and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook.In 1927, he settled in the south of France, and lived there until his death in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099282747\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e english\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49063085080880,"sku":"Prakash_9780099282747","price":525.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/vintage-classics-book-default-title-liza-of-lambeth-38752205799728.jpg?v=1753010646","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/liza-of-lambeth","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}