Of human bondage
by Maugham, W. Somerset, (William Somerset)
From a tormented orphan with a clubfoot, Philip Carey grows into an impressionable young man with a voracious appetite for adventure and knowledge. His cravings take him to Paris at age eighteen to try his hand at art, then back to London to study medicine. But even so, nothing can sate his nagging hunger for experience. Then he falls obsessively in love, embarking on a disastrous relationship that will change his life forever.
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- Full title :Of human bondage / W. Somerset Maugham ; with an introduction by Benjamin DeMott and a new afterword by Maeve Binchy.
Summary
From a tormented orphan with a clubfoot, Philip Carey grows into an impressionable young man with a voracious appetite for adventure and knowledge. His cravings take him to Paris at age eighteen to try his hand at art, then back to London to study medicine. But even so, nothing can sate his nagging hunger for experience. Then he falls obsessively in love, embarking on a disastrous relationship that will change his life forever.
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- Publication Date:2007
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Signet Classics
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 684 pages ; : 18 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780451530172, 0451530179
- oclc:ocm79477836
- LC Classification:PR6025.A86
- Dewey Decimal:823/.912
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