Lisa the Girl of Lambeth by Somerset Maugham... "And Tom had been waiting, since the beginning of the journey, for this happy moment, hoping that Lisa's coldness would dissolve after she filled her stomach with food and drink, and he imagined himself sitting with her on the grass under a shady tree, with his back leaning on The trunk of the tree, with his arm around her waist, and resting her head on his chest, and while he was doing so, Lisa - after seeing the group disperse - was thinking about how she could escape from Tom's company, without hurting his feelings, and she said to herself while thinking deeply: "I do not I want him to pursue me with his love. I am fed up with his repeated flirting phrases and his helpless kisses!

وليام سومرست موم ‏ روائي وكاتب مسرحي إنجليزي متوفى. كان من أشهر كتاب بداية القرن العشرين وكان من أكثر الكتاب ربحًا في الثلاثينيات من القرن العشرين. اشتهر بكثرة كتاباته التي تنوعت ما بين روايات مسرحية وقصص وكتب سياسية. امتاز بأنه كاتب واقعي يستمد قصصه من الحياة ومن ملاحظته للناس في أسفاره العديدة.