"Liza of Lambeth" is the first publication of William Somerset Maugham, which struck the literary world with its harsh truthfulness and realism. The book tells the story of Lisa, a young girl who works in the London district of Lambeth. Her life is marked by poverty, routine work and the difficulties of city life. The author tries to recreate the atmosphere of poverty and social inequality at the end of the 19th century in England. The book "Lisa from Lambeth" reveals to the reader the unadorned world of the lower social strata of London and the everyday dramas of their inhabitants.