Of Human Bondage

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 clubfoot who learns medicine. Not only is it a significant work in the Bildungsroman tradition, but its largely autobiographical basis gives it special interest in light of the exceptional public success that Somerset Maugham would enjoy over several decades.

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Disabled People, Fiction, Orphans, Fiction, Physically Disabled, Fiction, Bildungsromans, British and Irish Fiction (Fictional Works by an Author), Doctors, Fiction, Artists, Fiction, Coming of Age, Fiction, England, Fiction, Literature, Medical Fiction, Artists, Fiction, English Literature, English Fiction, Classic Literature, Big Books, Disabled People, Fiction, Doctors, Orphans, Artists, Personnes handicapées, Romanos, nouvelles, Doctors, Artists, Orphan Child, MusicPeople

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England Times

1900'sShowing 10 featured editions. See all 407 editions?

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