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by Somerset Maugham
Literary Fiction Bildungsroman Search for Meaning Love and Obsession Freedom vs. Conformity Suffering
Of Human Bondage is a 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is widely considered one of the author's masterpieces and to be strongly autobiographical in nature.
The book begins with the death of Helen Carey, the beloved mother of Philip Carey, a nine-year-old boy who has a club foot. Philip is left an orphan as his father had died a few months earlier.
After being orphaned, the boy is sent to live with his aunt and uncle, Louisa and William Carey, who are very religious. Despite the fact that his life seemed to become bland, his great passion for life and longing for adventure pushed him to travel through Germany and France with the aim of becoming an artist.
However, the boy's hopes are not fulfilled and he decides to return to England and study medicine. Soon he will meet a seductive woman who will change his life completely...
The Modern Library ranked the book Of Human Bondage No. 66 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
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WHY READ OF HUMAN BONDAGE IN 2025?
110 years later, still timelyArt, ambition, and a love that teaches by hurting. Maugham’s coming-of-age novel charts the search for vocation through false starts, obsession, and hard clarity. It’s unsentimental about talent and gentle about failure, showing how meaning accrues from choices, not destiny.
Ideal for readers weighing career pivots or creative lives. The book models resilience, self-respect, and the courage to leave what diminishes you.
Vocation, not vibe
Purpose built step by step.
Seeing clearly
Illusion stripped without cruelty.
Boundaries learned
Care that includes oneself.
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About Somerset Maugham
Clean prose and cool insight; stories of desire work travel and cost.
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