Reviews for Liza Of Lambeth (Large Print Edition)

The average rating for Liza Of Lambeth (Large Print Edition) based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-03-07 00:00:00 Stefanos Skourvoulianakis This story is set in Lambeth, a working class neighborhood in London, around the end of the 19th century. Liza Kemp is an 18 year old factory worker, living with her sickly mother. Liza is a very outgoing and likeable girl, a favorite with the boys, especially young Tom who is in love with her. But trouble begins when Jim Blakeston moves into the neighborhood. Jim is a 40 year old married man with children, but he has an eye for Liza and when he starts showering her with affection, she is powerless to resist. Their relationship can only end badly and the story winds it's way to it's inevitable conclusion.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-09-05 00:00:00 Gayatri Sharma If you like classic books, please subscribe to my classics book blog!: www.alicereadsclassics.wordpress.com :) I purchased this during my birthday holiday in Hay-On-Wye back in July and only decided to pick up and read this last night since the story length was just under 140 pages long. Not hearing much about W. Somerset Maugham before, going into Liza of Lambeth, I wasn't sure what to expect or how his writing style was going to be like as a first-time reader. But for a quick, interesting read, Liza of Lambeth did the trick. My Vintage Classics edition of the book has an author's note at the very start before the actual novel talking about his writing process and how Liza of Lambeth was his first novel. This I found extremely interesting since finding out about the history of past authors from the 1800/1900s appeals to me. From this note, he explains how this book is his first novel and his experiences living in London at the time of writing it. Throughout the story setting, it's clear to see that he portrayed a visual image of London's streets well just because he physically went out to research the surrounding areas. The story follows eighteen year old Liza who is a very mischievous character and likes to run up and down the streets and attract the street guys that live close to her and her Mum. In Vere Street, Lambeth, she is very well known by the locals and the area is very run-down. A guy called Tom who she has known for a while proposes to her but she declines. A new guy called Jim arrives in the area with his family and soon falls head over heels in love with Liza but he is married, setting up the story of an affair gone extremely wrong. The way the characters spoke in the book using words like "Mornin" and "Yer" shows that W. Somerset Maugham actually took time to listen to how people in London spoke and made the story more realistic to me as a reader over 100 years on after it was first published. The ending was a real surprise to me, story length could have been a little bit longer since some of the scenes felt rushed but for a first novel, it was quick, visual and eye-opening! My social medias: Twitter- www.Twitter.com/MarriedToBooks3 Instagram- www.Instagram.com/alicetiedthebookish... Book Blog 1- www.marriedtobooksreviewsandblog.word...