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.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099284963Number of pages: 720Weight: 517 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 37 mm
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A superb storyteller - one of the very best in our languageThe modern writer who has influenced me mostMaugham has given infinite pleasure and left us a splendour of writing which will remain for as long as the written English word is permitted to existThis semi-autobiographical novel,set at the end of the 19th century,gripped me from the start with its tale of the life of Philip Carey. Its depiction of how a man can become enslaved by an unsuitable love is unsparing
W. Somerset Maugham
British playwright,novelist and short story writer,who was reputedly the best paid English writer of the 1930s...
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