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Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham
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Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage (1915) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is generally agreed to be his masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although Maugham stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography, though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention." Maugham, who had originally planned to call his novel Beauty from Ashes, finally settled on a title taken from Spinoza's Ethics.
The book begins with the death of the mother of the nine-year-old protagonist, Philip Carey. Philip's father had already died a few months before, and the orphan Philip is sent to live with his aunt and uncle. His uncle is vicar of Blackstable, a small village in East Anglia. Philip inherits a small fortune but the money is held in custody by his uncle until he is twenty-one, giving his uncle a great deal of power over him until he reaches his maturity.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 11, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9781613820445 |
Publishers | Simon & Brown |
Pages | 794 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 44 mm · 1.27 kg |
Language | English |
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