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Of Human Bondage is a 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The novel is generally agreed to be Maugham's masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although he stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography; though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention." [1] .
Of Human Bondage ist ein US-amerikanisches Filmdrama unter Regie von John Cromwell aus dem Jahr 1934. Das Drehbuch basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman (deutscher Titel: Der Menschen Hörigkeit) von William Somerset Maugham. Für die Karriere von Bette Davis in der Rolle der rücksichtslosen Kellnerin Mildred bedeutete der Film einen Meilenstein.
Der Menschen Hörigkeit ( englisch Of Human Bondage) ist ein Entwicklungsroman von William Somerset Maugham, der 1915 bei Heinemann [1] in London und im selben Jahr bei George H. Doran [2] in New York City erschien [3]. Die Übertragung ins Deutsche kam 1939 heraus.
Of Human Bondage, semiautobiographical novel by W. Somerset Maugham, published in 1915 and considered his masterwork. It is a perceptive depiction of the emotional isolation of a young man and his eventual insight into life. Born with a club foot, Philip Carey is acutely sensitive about his handicap.
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. Includes bibliographical references (pages 685-686) Notes.
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About Of Human Bondage. Maugham’s 1915 masterpiece—hailed by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time—is the coming-of-age story of a sensitive young man consumed by an unrequited passion. With a new introduction by Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone.
