Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage is a 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The story follows Phillip Carey from early childhood through his 30’s.
Of Human Bondage 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." Maugham, who had originally planned to call his novel Beauty from Ashes, finally settled on a title taken from a section of Spinoza's Ethics. The characters in Of Human Bondage are real-life with faults, qualities, and feelings that Maugham describes so vividly. At times the emotions in this novel will leave you either sad or happy and even perhaps, teary-eyed as the enthusiasm of youth is met with reality as Phillip tries to discover the meaning of his life through the dreams of others.
The Modern Library ranked Of Human Bondage No. 66 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Excerpted from Of Human Bondage on Wikipedia.
Of Human Bondage
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Country | - |
| Genre | Bildungsromans, Psychological fiction |
| Copyright | Public domain in the United States. |
| Book cover | - |
| Ebooks | Project Gutenberg |
| Scans | Google-digitized |
| Audio | Librivox | Internet Archive Reader: Tom Weiss 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 |
| Read online | Of Human Bondage |