"Lisa of Lambeth" is Maugham's debut novel and his famous work. On October 3, 1892, the 18-year-old Maugham became a student at St. Thomas' Hospital Medical School in London. His five-year medical career not only gave him the opportunity to understand the living conditions of the people at the bottom, but also taught him to use a scalpel-like cold and sharp gaze to dissect life and society. His first novel, Lisa of Lambeth, was written in a naturalistic style based on his experiences as a trainee doctor delivering babies in the slums. It describes the short life and tragic death of Lisa, a beautiful girl who lives with her widowed mother in the slums. It truly reflects the daily life of working-class Londoners at the turn of the century through a working-class adultery story. Authentic, bold, and sympathetic humor.
Reader comments
This book is very real and it made me understand how people lived in the past. The story of Lisa and her mother is so touching. I like Lisa. She is very beautiful and takes care of her mother. Although her mother has a bad temper, she also wants to survive. I feel that the characters in the book are very vivid, just like the people around me. I recommend you read this book as well.
It is said that beauties are unlucky, but it seems that it is not only applicable to China, but beauties are unlucky all over the world. But you have to take control of your own life.
It's so heavy, such a good girl, but she is also someone else's family. Man,,,
Every step in life needs to be faced carefully. Alice is trapped in a love that she feels good about, without the help of her family, which leads to a tragic ending.
Lisa, the protagonist Lisa
Although the reading is not coherent, this book still reflects the real life of the lower class people in Britain a hundred years ago and is well worth reading.
This book is very real and it made me understand how people lived in the past. The story of Lisa and her mother is so touching. I like Lisa. She is very beautiful and takes care of her mother. Although her mother has a bad temper, she also wants to survive. I feel that the characters in the book are very vivid, just like the people around me. I recommend you read this book as well.
It is said that beauties are unlucky, but it seems that it is not only applicable to China, but beauties are unlucky all over the world. But you have to take control of your own life.
It's so heavy, such a good girl, but she is also someone else's family. Man,,,
Every step in life needs to be faced carefully. Alice is trapped in a love that she feels good about, without the help of her family, which leads to a tragic ending. Lisa, the protagonist Lisa
Although the reading is not coherent, this book still reflects the real life of the lower class people in Britain a hundred years ago and is well worth reading.