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.
Genres
- People with disabilities, fiction
- Orphans, fiction
- Physically handicapped, fiction
- Bildungsromans
- British and Irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Physicians, fiction
- Artists, fiction
- Coming of age, fiction
- England, fiction
- Literature
- Medical fiction
- Artists, fiction
- English literature
- English fiction
- Classic Literature
- Large type books
- People with disabilities
- Fiction
- Physicians
- Orphans
- Artists
- Personnes handicapées
- Romans, nouvelles
- Médecins
- Artistes
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