W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham's Books and Stories

The Hero

Literature

5.0

The Hero by W. Somerset Maugham

The Explorer

Literature

5.0

The Explorer by W. Somerset Maugham

The Magician

Literature

5.0

The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham

Liza of Lambeth

Literature

5.0

Liza of Lambeth (1897) narrates Liza's last four months alive. She lives in a working-class area of London, and as the youngest of thirteen siblings she is left to look after their incompetent mother. She rejects a local suitor, but finds herself attracted to a mysterious stranger on a site-seeing trip. The novel gives insight into working-class London at the turn of the century.