Of Human Bondage (1915) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is generally considered his masterpiece: though considered an autobiographical text, although Maugham stated: "This is a novel, not an autobiography; though some parts inside can be considered autobiographical, all the rest is pure invention." Maugham, who had originally planned to call the novel ‘Beauty from Ashes’, finally settled on ...
W. Somerset Maugham - Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham
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Of Human Bondage (1915) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is generally considered his masterpiece: though considered an autobiographical text, although Maugham stated: "This is a novel, not an autobiography; though some parts inside can be considered autobiographical, all the rest is pure invention." Maugham, who had originally planned to call the novel ‘Beauty from Ashes’, finally settled on a title taken from a section of Spinoza's Ethics. The Modern Library ranked Of Human Bondage No. 66 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.