| Of Human Bondage Contributor(s): Maugham, W. Somerset (Author) |
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ISBN: 193416965X ISBN-13: 9781934169650 Publisher: Norilana Books OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: From an orphan with a clubfoot, Philip Carey grows into an impressionable young man with a voracious appetite for adventure and knowledge. Then he falls obsessively in love, embarking on a disastrous relationship that will change his life forever. Revised reissue. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 910 |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 6" W x 9" (1.99 lbs) 624 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10042 Reading Level: 8.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 48.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Of Human Bondage (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham is a semi-autobiographical novel, a striking psychological masterwork of one young man's life journey, obsession, love, alienation and personal vulnerability. Philip Carey, subtle, intellectual and artistic, is born with a club foot, a condition which causes him lifelong psychological torment. Philip spends his youth as an art student in Paris, then as a medical student in London. He forms friendships, relationships, observes beauty and engages in a variety of social interaction. He experiences a loss of faith, poverty, extravagance, and becomes sensually obsessed with an ultimately vulgar and worthless woman who reappears at different stages of his life and causes him to reassess his own maturity and self-worth. A classic exploration of human bonds, needs, passion, and self-delusion. |