Of Human Bondage

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W. Somerset Maugham: Of Human Bondage (1999, Adobe Systems, Incorporated)

English language

Published 1999 by Adobe Systems, Incorporated.

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978-1-931208-71-0
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Of Human Bondage is a moving exploration of loneliness, obsessive love, and a young man's search for meaning and direction in life. Written in the third person, it tells the story of Philip Carey, a self-conscious orphan with a club-foot who learns medicine. Not only is this a significant work in the Bildungsroman tradition, but its largely autobiographical basis gives it a special interest in view of the exceptional public success that Somerset Maugham was to enjoy over several decades.

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Subjects

  • British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • Physicians, fiction
  • Artists, fiction
  • Fiction, coming of age
  • People with disabilities, fiction
  • England, fiction