num_pages: 565
description: 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 a would-be artist, he settles in London to train as a doctor where he meets Mildred, the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a tortured and masochistic affair.From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Of Human Bondage
titlecomplete: Of Human Bondage
characters: Dr. South, Philip Carey, Dr. Tyrell, Betty Athelny, Sally Athelny, Mildred Rogers, Frederick Lawson, Thorpe Athelny, Louisa Carey, Cronshaw, Hayward, Emily Wilkinson, Harry Griffiths, Fanny Price (Of Human Bondage), Ruth Chalice, Norah Nesbit
genres: Novels, Literary Fiction, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Romance, Fiction, Literature, Coming Of Age, 20th Century
ratings_count: 55903
places: England, London, England, Heidelberg, Paris, Brighton and Hove, Sussex, England, Blackstable, Kent, England
publisher: Doubleday