Three Early Novels (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Liza of Lambeth, Mrs Craddock, The Magician
Fiction & Literature, Literary
| Author: | W. Somerset Maugham | ISBN: | 9781411467002 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | March 13, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
| Author: | W. Somerset Maugham |
| ISBN: | 9781411467002 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Publication: | March 13, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
| Language: | English |
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.
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.
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.
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.
