Of Human Bondage

William Somerset Maugham

earliest edition we have, 1915 Pan, 1975 paperback 607 pages

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Of Human Bondage is a moving exploration of loneliness, obsessive love, and a young man's search for meaning and direction in life. Written in the third person, it tells the story of Philip Carey, a self-conscious orphan with a club-foot who learns medicine. Not only is this a significant work in the Bildungsroman tradition, but its largely autobiographical basis gives it a special interest in view of the exceptional...

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Бремя страстей человеческих hardcover · 2024 · АСТ · 688 pages · 9785170626809
Of Human Bondage edition · 2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 9781015531932
Of Human Bondage edition · 2022 · OK Publishing · 9788027274840
Of Human Bondage edition · 2022 · Independently Published · 9798449173560
Of Human Bondage edition · 2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 9781015657069
Of Human Bondage edition · 2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 9781015536678
Of Human Bondage edition · 2021 · Independently Published · 9798760282774
Of Human Bondage edition · 2021 · West Margin Press · 666 pages · 9781513283234
Of Human Bondage edition · 2021 · Independently Published · 9798501662834
Of Human Bondage edition · 2021 · Independently Published · 9798712038602
Of Human Bondage edition · 2021 · Independently Published · 9798772743430
Of Human Bondage hardcover · 2021 · Mint Editions · 670 pages · 9781513135724

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