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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.

Of Human Bondage

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    A Paperback by W. Somerset Maugham

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Random House USA Inc
      Published 1 January 1920
      ISBN-13 9780553213928
      978-0553213928
      ISBN-10 055321392X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

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