Of Human Bondage (Signet Classics)
by William Somerset Maugham
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From a tormented orphan with a clubfoot, Philip Carey grows into an impressionable young man with a voracious appetite for adventure and knowledge. His cravings take him to Paris at age eighteen to try his hand at art, then back to London to study medicine. But even so, nothing can sate his nagging hunger for experience. Then he falls obsessively in love, embarking on a disastrous relationship that will change his life forever.
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Of Human Bondage: Original and Unabridged
2014-08-22, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Of Human Bondage (Signet Classics)
January 2, 2007, Signet Classics
in English
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Of Human Bondage
1999, Modern Library
in English
- 1999 Modern Library pbk. ed.
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Of Human Bondage (Bantam Classics)
June 1, 1991, Bantam Classics
Mass Market Paperback
in English
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Of Human Bondage: with a new introduction by the author especially written for this abridged edition
1953, Pocket Books
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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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