W Somerset Maugham

Liza of Lambeth Illustrated W Somerset Maugham

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.