Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham
A powerful expression of the power of sexual obsession and modern man's desire for freedom. This classic tells the story of Philip Carey, a sensitive clubfoot-born boy who is orphaned and raised by a religious aunt and uncle. Philippe craves adventure and leaves home at the age of eighteen, eventually making a career as an artist in Paris. When he returns to London to study medicine, he meets androgen, but summons Mildred and begins a doomed love affair that will change the course of his life. There is no stronger story of sexual admiration, of human longing for connection and freedom. "Here is an extremely important novel," Theodore Dreiser wrote of the publication. This is a flashlight that can be guided by a traveler. It feels as if she is sitting in front of a magnificent Shiraz with priceless texture and is intricately intertwined, admired, feeling, sensually responding to their color and shade. '
