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Liza of Lambeth
MaughamW. Somerset
Published:
1897
Type(s):
Novels
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About Maugham:
WilliamSomersetMaughamCH(January251874–December16
1965)wasanEnglishplaywrightnovelistandshortstorywriter.He
wasoneofthemostpopularauthorsofhiseraandreputedlythe
highest paid of his profession during the 1930s.
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Chapter1
ItwasthefirstSaturdayafternooninAugust;ithadbeenbroilinghotall
daywithacloudlessskyandthesunhadbeenbeatingdownonthe
housessothatthetoproomswerelikeovens;butnowwiththeap-
proachofeveningitwascoolerandeveryoneinVereStreetwasoutof
doors.
VerestreetLambethisashortstraightstreetleadingoutoftheWest-
minsterBridgeRoad;ithasfortyhousesononesideandfortyhouseson
theotherandtheseeightyhousesareverymuchmorelikeoneanother
thaneverpeasarelikepeasoryoungladieslikeyoungladies.Theyare
newishthree-storiedbuildingsofdingygreybrickwithslateroofsand
theyareperfectlyflatwithoutabow-windoworevenaprojectingcor-
niceorwindow-silltobreakthestraightnessofthelinefromoneendof
the street to the other.
ThisSaturdayafternoonthestreetwasfulloflife;notrafficcame
downVereStreetandthecementedspacebetweenthepavementswas
givenuptochildren.Severalgamesofc [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
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