LIZA OF LAMBETH
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (588 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0749304286 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Maugham was famous as a dramatist before he was known for his novels and short stories. Among his novels are Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, and The Razor's Edge. His clarity of style, the perfection of his form, and the subtlety of his thought, thinly veiled by a worldly cynicism made him an international figure. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was an
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Don't Pass This One Up This was a great classic story. The cockney accent was hard to read at first but I got used to it right away and thoroughly enjoyed the story.. Preview Of What Was To Come R. J. Marsella Maugham's very first published work has many of the elements that would be evident in his later works and that set him apart as one of the truly accomplished men of letters of his era. Lisa Of Lambeth is set in a poor working district of South London where Maugham practiced medicine as a younger man and demonstrates the remarkable powers of observation that were crucial to his later success. The tragic story of a bright young girl's affair with a married man has the pacing and feel not only of Mau. "Realism in the form of London's lower clases" according to jimcmaui@buddhist.com Jim Campbell. This was Maugham's first published work which appeared 102 years ago. Maugham had just graduated from medical school almost the day the book was published and the modest success and good reviews convinced him to dedicate his life to a career of letters. The story takes place in the Lambeth section of London and is baised of his internship and residence at St. Thomas Hospital where he was required to call on the lower classes in the most dangerous section of town. Later in his life he joked about b