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Of Human Bondage is a 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The novel is generally agreed to be Maugham's masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although he stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography; though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention."
Of Human Bondage, semiautobiographical novel by W. Somerset Maugham, published in 1915 and considered his masterwork. It is a perceptive depiction of the emotional isolation of a young man and his eventual insight into life. Born with a club foot, Philip Carey is acutely sensitive about his.
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After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris as a would-be artist, he settles in London to train as a doctor where he meets Mildred, the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a tortured and masochistic affair. Includes bibliographical references (pages 685-686) Notes.
Maugham titled this novel after Dutch-Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza's Ethics book "Of Human Bondage or The Strength of the Emotions" which leads to "Of Human Freedom of the Control of the Understanding." The Modern Library ranked Of Human Bondage number 66 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
of human bondage. by. w. somerset maugham. Publication date. 1915. Publisher. doubleday and company,inc. Collection. internetarchivebooks.
Of Human Bondage is the first and most autobiographical of Maugham's novels. It is the story of Philip Carey, an orphan eager for life, love and adventure.
