# Of Human Bondage

**Author(s):** William Somerset Maugham
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**Genres:** literary-classics, literary-fiction, music
**Pages:** 400
**Publisher:** IndyPublish.com
**Published:** Mon Jan 01 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781404322578
**ISBN-10:** 1404322574
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/of-human-bondage

## Description

Of Human Bondage is a moving exploration of loneliness, obsessive love, and a young man's search for meaning and direction in life. Written in the third person, it tells the story of Philip Carey, a self-conscious orphan with a club-foot who learns medicine. Not only is this a significant work in the Bildungsroman tradition, but its largely autobiographical basis gives it a special interest in view of the exceptional public success that Somerset Maugham was to enjoy over several decades.

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**Themes:** Coming of Age