num_pages: 700
description: Of Human Bondage is the first and most autobiographical of Maugham's masterpieces. It is the story of Philip Carey, an orphan eager for life, love and adventure. After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris as would-be artist, Philip settles in London to train as a doctor.And that is where he meets Mildred, the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a formative, tortured and masochistic affair which very nearly ruins him.
language: English
title: Of Human Bondage
titlecomplete: Of Human Bondage
characters: Thorpe Athelny, Dr. South, Harry Griffiths, Cronshaw, Sally Athelny, Ruth Chalice, Betty Athelny, Mildred Rogers, Hayward, Louisa Carey, Philip Carey, Norah Nesbit, Emily Wilkinson, Fanny Price (Of Human Bondage), Frederick Lawson, Dr. Tyrell
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, British Literature, Classic Literature, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 55901
places: Blackstable, Kent, England, Heidelberg, England, Paris, Brighton and Hove, Sussex, England, London, England
publisher: Random House of Canada, Limite