Liza of Lambeth
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Liza of Lambeth is W. Somerset Maugham’s debut novel, a realist portrayal of working-class life and a young woman’s tragic love affair in late 19th-century London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Liza of Lambeth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6898490 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liza of Lambeth Context triple: [W. Somerset Maugham, notableWork, Liza of Lambeth]
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A.
Liza
Liza is a feminine given name most famously associated with American actress and singer Liza Minnelli.
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B.
Love Liza
Love Liza is a 2002 independent drama film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as a grieving widower spiraling into gasoline huffing after his wife's suicide.
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C.
Elizabeth Wyckes
Elizabeth Wyckes was the wife of Thomas Cromwell, the influential chief minister to King Henry VIII in 16th-century England.
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D.
Sadie Thompson
Sadie Thompson is a fictional character from W. Somerset Maugham’s short story “Rain,” best known as a provocative young woman whose presence on a Pacific island triggers moral conflict and psychological unraveling in a fanatically religious missionary.
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E.
Eliza
Eliza is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, often considered a shortened form of Elizabeth and commonly used in English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liza of Lambeth Target entity description: Liza of Lambeth is W. Somerset Maugham’s debut novel, a realist portrayal of working-class life and a young woman’s tragic love affair in late 19th-century London.
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A.
Liza
Liza is a feminine given name most famously associated with American actress and singer Liza Minnelli.
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B.
Love Liza
Love Liza is a 2002 independent drama film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as a grieving widower spiraling into gasoline huffing after his wife's suicide.
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C.
Elizabeth Wyckes
Elizabeth Wyckes was the wife of Thomas Cromwell, the influential chief minister to King Henry VIII in 16th-century England.
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D.
Sadie Thompson
Sadie Thompson is a fictional character from W. Somerset Maugham’s short story “Rain,” best known as a provocative young woman whose presence on a Pacific island triggers moral conflict and psychological unraveling in a fanatically religious missionary.
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E.
Eliza
Eliza is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, often considered a shortened form of Elizabeth and commonly used in English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | silent film ⓘ |
| author | W. Somerset Maugham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Jim Blakeston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mrs. Blakeston NERFINISHED ⓘ Sally NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDepictionOf |
alcohol abuse
ⓘ
illicit romance ⓘ street culture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depictsPlace | South London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsSocialClass | working class ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInForm | book ⓘ |
| genre |
realist novel
ⓘ
social novel ⓘ working-class fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Liza of Lambeth (1922 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLoveAffairPlot | Liza Kemp and Jim Blakeston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeMode | chronological narrative ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | about 200 pages ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Liza Kemp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTragicEnding | true ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Maugham’s experience as a medical student in Lambeth ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Liza Kemp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being W. Somerset Maugham’s first published novel
ⓘ
portrayal of London slum life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Liza Kemp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1897 ⓘ |
| publisher | T. Fisher Unwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Lambeth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
adultery
ⓘ
domestic violence ⓘ poverty ⓘ tragedy ⓘ urban life ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | W. Somerset Maugham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Liza of Lambeth Description of subject: Liza of Lambeth is W. Somerset Maugham’s debut novel, a realist portrayal of working-class life and a young woman’s tragic love affair in late 19th-century London.
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