This book chronicles the life of Phillip, from orphaned young boy to around thirty, set in the late 19th century and yet the story is so exquisitely told that a much longer period seemed to pass. Maugham tackles some weighty themes too, such as the meaning (or not) of life, class, death, gender, pov...
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham It has been quite a few years since I read this novel, but I thought it was absolutely terrific and I remember it vividly. The story opens when the main character Philip is a lonely young boy with a club foot being raised by his aunt and uncle. As soon as he...
So I have been living with this book for almost ten days. Not so much reading it as living with it or perhaps even living in it. It is strange that I was led to read this novel by [a: Philip K. Dick|4764|Philip K. Dick|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1264613853p2/4764.jpg]’s science fiction novel [b...
Having originally rated this book four stars, I rated it up on returning to write a review. And let me tell you, that doesn't often happen to me.When I was reading Of Human Bondage, I wasn't always happy with it. Happy is not the word. Sometimes I felt exasperated, ashamed, angry - not with the writ...
A meandering story of the life of Philip Carey. The plot is not important as Philip's discovery of the meaning of life. And by meaning of life, I really mean lack of meaning. And while that sounds quite dank and depressing, it really is quite a liberating thing to know and accept your role in t...
The summer after I graduated from college, I lived in a small town in New Jersey and had no friends. So I watched a lot more TV than I ever had before. I vaguely remember watching a movie based on this book. Mostly, I remember that I fell in love with Kim Novak, although not so much as I fell in lov...
starting off like a James Joyce Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. the span of a lifetime is OHM's scope, and Maugham brings to it the same invert's ear for prose and narration that so strongly marks the high quality work of Evelyn Waugh, Philip Norman, Mishima Yukio, and E.M. Forster. HUMAN BON...
I had no idea what Of Human Bondage was about going in. I'd heard vague, unreliable rumors and I expected a dense, difficult read, perhaps a philosophical mind-bender or hell, by the title and date of its publication (1914) I wouldn't have been terribly surprised if it turned out to be a naughty Vic...
Touching, profound, and beautifulLike life at its best, this book is long and sprawling, combining themes that inspired in me delight, curiosity, insight, frustration, melancholy, and revelation.Philip's tale, which mirrors Maugham's own life, is a journey I feel privileged to have shared. This is ...
This was my first Maugham book and I'm very glad I was recommended it. The story was essentially the coming of age story of an orphaned boy who was born with a clubfoot.He tries to find himself in many different ways and places; in Germany, in Paris, in London etc. I loved the parts of the novel whi...
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