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Of Human Bondage is a 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The novel is generally agreed to be Maugham's masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although he stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography; though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention."
Of Human Bondage, semiautobiographical novel by W. Somerset Maugham, published in 1915 and considered his masterwork. It is a perceptive depiction of the emotional isolation of a young man and his eventual insight into life.
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Of Human Bondage is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and regarded by critics as the film that made Bette Davis a star. The screenplay by Lester Cohen is based on the 1915 novel Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham.
Of Human Bondage. by. W. Somerset Maugham. Publication date. 1915. Publisher. Doubleday & Company, Inc. Collection. internetarchivebooks.
Maugham’s 1915 masterpiece—hailed by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time—is the coming-of-age story of a sensitive young man consumed by an unrequited passion. With a new introduction by Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone.
Maugham titled this novel after Dutch-Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza's Ethics book "Of Human Bondage or The Strength of the Emotions" which leads to "Of Human Freedom of the Control of the Understanding." The Modern Library ranked Of Human Bondage number 66 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
