Liza of Lambeth / W. Somerset Maugham ; edited by Diana Maltz.
| Author/creator | Maugham, W. Somerset author. |
| Other author | Maltz, Diana, 1965- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, 2023. |
| Description | 234 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Broadview editions Broadview editions. ^A997039 |
| Abstract | "Cheerful and pretty, Liza Kemp is popular with her neighbors on Vere Street. She enjoys ordinary working-class pleasures: the music of a barrel-organist, a night at the theater, a Bank Holiday in the country. But when she is drawn to Jim, a married man, and they begin an illicit affair, Liza discovers how tenuous her status is. Once having transgressed the codes of working-class respectability, she suffers ostracism and even violence. Meanwhile, the wider story of Liza of Lambeth reveals how the performance of respectability can ironically co-exist with alcoholism and abuse at home. This Broadview Edition provides the literary and historical contexts vital to readers' understanding and appreciation of the novel. The volume includes appendices on late-Victorian working-class recreations, household management, pregnancy and motherhood, domestic violence, and myths about drunken female 'viragos.'"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. Liza of Lambeth. Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, 2023 1770488588 9781770488588 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | Novels. |
| Genre/form | Novels. |
| ISBN | 9781554814930 |
| ISBN | 1554814936 (softcover) |
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