Of Human Bondage

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Random House Publishing Group, Feb 28, 2006 - Fiction - 736 pages
A masterpiece of modern literature that mirrors Maugham’s own career.

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. After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris as a would-be artist, Philip settles in London to train as a doctor. And that is where he meets Mildred, the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a formative, tortured and masochistic affair which very nearly ruins him.
 

Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
6
Section 3
18
Section 4
31
Section 5
49
Section 6
52
Section 7
64
Section 8
85
Section 18
251
Section 19
261
Section 20
318
Section 21
338
Section 22
353
Section 23
372
Section 24
378
Section 25
562

Section 9
100
Section 10
104
Section 11
111
Section 12
114
Section 13
146
Section 14
154
Section 15
169
Section 16
178
Section 17
208
Section 26
592
Section 27
602
Section 28
608
Section 29
616
Section 30
637
Section 31
655
Section 32
692
Section 33
709
Copyright

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Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham
Limited preview - 2009
Of Human Bondage
William Somerset Maugham,Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
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OF HUMAN BONDAGE
W SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Snippet view - 1936
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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2006)

William Somerset Maugham, famous as novelist, playwright and short-story writer, was born in 1874, and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with a view to practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to letters. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. His position as a successful playwright was being consolidated at the same time. His first play, A Man of Honour, was followed by a series of successes just before and after World War I, and his career in the theatre did not end until 1933 with Sheppey.

His fame as a short story writer began with The Trembling of a Leaf, subtitled Little Stories of the South Sea Islands, in 1921, after which he published more than ten collections. His other works include travel books such as On a Chinese Screen, and Don Fernando, essays, criticism, and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook.

In 1927, he settled in the south of France, and lived there until his death in 1965.

Bibliographic information

TitleOf Human Bondage
Bantam classic
Modern library of the world's best books
AuthorW. Somerset Maugham
Editionreprint
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group, 2006
ISBN0553902377, 9780553902372
Length736 pages
Subjects › 

Fiction / Classics
Fiction / Coming of Age
Fiction / Literary
  
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