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Of Human Bondage: Introduction by Selina Hastings

Of Human Bondage: Introduction by Selina Hastings

Maugham, W. Somerset
Hastings, Selina

Hardcover

Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics

RomanceClassic FictionGeneral Fiction

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ISBN10: 1101907681
ISBN13: 9781101907689
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: Oct 6 2015
Pages: 712
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
W. Somerset Maugham's masterwork is the coming-of-age story of Philip Carey, a sensitive young man consumed by an unrequited and self-destructive love.

Born with a clubfoot, Philip is orphaned as a child and raised by unsympathetic relatives. Sent to a boarding school where he has difficulty fitting in, he grows up with an intense longing for love, art, and experience. After failing to become an artist in Paris, he begins medical studies in London, where he meets Mildred, a cold-hearted waitress with whom he falls into a powerful, tortured, life-altering love affair. This is the most autobiographical of Maugham's works, with Philip's malformed foot standing in for Maugham's stutter, and the character's painful romantic struggles inspired by the author's own intense love affairs with both men and women. A brilliant and deeply moving portrayal of the price of passion and the universal desire for connection, Of Human Bondage stands as one of the most accomplished novels in English literature.

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