Of Human Bondage
By W. Somerset Maugham
(Bantam Classics, Mass Market Paperback, 9780553213928, 736pp.)
Publication Date: June 1, 1991
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback, Paperback, Mass Market Paperback, Compact Disc, Compact Disc, MP3 CD, Paperback, Paperback
Categories: Classics
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The first and most autobiographical of Maugham's masterpieces. 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, 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.
W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He trained as a doctor in London where he started writing his first novels. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place for a number of writers, artists and politicians. He died in 1965.
"The modern writer who has influenced me the most." - George Orwell
"One of my favourite writers." - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"A writer of great dedication." - Graham Greene
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