سه رمان اولیه: لیزا از لمبت، خانم کراداک، جادوگر

the Three Novels In This Collection, liza Of Lambeth (1897), mrs Craddock (1902), And the Magician (1908), Had A Lasting Influence On The Literary World. Their Settings Are Various--ranging From The South London Slums Through The Kentish Countryside To The British Expatriate Community In Early Twentieth-century Paris--and Yet They Have Common Qualities. In Each, The Protagonist Is Isolated From A Traditional Community And Unable To Create New Personal Relationships That Might Enable Survival In A Changing Society. The Three Novels Thus Dramatize A Dilemma Maugham Faced In His Own Life And One That Is The Central Theme Of Much Modern Literature. Liza of Lambeth (1897) was W. Somerset Maugham's first novel, which he wrote while working as a doctor at a hospital in Lambeth, then a working class district of London. It depicts the short life and death of Liza Kemp, an 18-year-old factory worker who lives together with her aging mother in the fictional Vere Street off Westminster Bridge Road (real) in Lambeth. All in all, it gives the reader an interesting insight into the everyday lives of working class Londoners at the end of the nineteenth century.The action covers a period of roughly four monthsfrom August to Novemberaround the time of Queen Victoria's Jubilee. Liza Kemp is an 18-year-old factory worker and the youngest of a large family, now living alone with her aging mother. Excerpt You can preview this book by clicking on "Preview" which is located under the cover of this book.