Of Human Bondage

William Somerset Maugham

Jan 1915 · IndyPublish.com

About this eBook

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.

Ratings and reviews

This is one of the most amazing books I have ever read!! I really related to the main character in a lot of ways. Especially when leaves the religion he was raised to know. I hated though that he allowed that girl to used him so much. If you haven't read it yet you really should. He is such a diverse character that everyone will relate to him at some point.

Just like the STONES said," You can't always get what you WANT,but if you TRY sometimes, you just might find,you get what you NEED." If your blessed they turn out to be one and the same, others live their entire lives unable to distinguish between the two, and then some didn't TRY,,,,, at least not enough.

Favorite book of all time. Maugham's style and genious is unparallel.

About the author

Writer William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris on January 25, 1874. He attended St. Thomas's Medical School in London. A prolific writer, Maugham produced novels, short stories, plays, and an autobiographical novel, "Of Human Bondage." Although he remains popular for his novels and short stories, when he was alive his plays, now dated, were also popular, and in 1908 four of his plays ran simultaneously. Maugham died in Nice, France, on December 16, 1965.