{"product_id":"of-human-bondage","title":"Of Human Bondage","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eHe wanted freedom. He found bondage. He called it love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eW. Somerset Maugham's masterpiece is a potent expression of the power of sexual obsession and of modern man's yearning for freedom. This classic bildungsroman tells the story of Philip Carey, a sensitive boy born with a clubfoot who is orphaned and raised by a religious aunt and uncle. Philip yearns for adventure, and at eighteen leaves home, eventually pursuing a career as an artist in Paris. When he returns to London to study medicine, he meets the androgynous but alluring Mildred and begins a doomed love affair that will change the course of his life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePhilip loses both parents as a child. His mother dies shortly after his father, and he is sent to live with his cold, indifferent uncle, a vicar in a small Kentish village. He is mocked at school for his clubfoot. He rebels against becoming a minister, spends a year in Heidelberg exploring atheism and bohemian ideas, tries and fails as an accountant, studies art in Paris, and finally settles on medicine—his late father's profession. Then he meets Mildred Rogers, a vulgar, selfish, uneducated waitress who treats him with contempt. He falls obsessively in love with her. He spends his inheritance on her. She leaves him for another man. She returns, pregnant and abandoned. He takes her in. She leaves him for his best friend. She returns again, now a prostitute with syphilis. He takes her in again. She destroys his belongings and disappears. Through it all, Philip cannot free himself from the woman who brings him nothing but misery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis is Maugham at his most honest and unflinching: a novel about the chains we forge ourselves—family, religion, ambition, and the most irrational bondage of all: love. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eOf Human Bondage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e is widely considered Maugham's masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA deeply autobiographical work, drawing on Maugham's own experiences as an orphan, a medical student, and a man struggling with his sexuality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFeatures Mildred Rogers, described by one contemporary critic as one of the most hateful and disagreeable female characters in fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the hardest chains to break are the ones we choose to wear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eW. Somerset Maugham\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1874–1965) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer, one of the most popular and highest-paid authors of his time. Born in Paris, he was orphaned as a boy and sent to live with an emotionally distant uncle—experiences that would shape \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eOf Human Bondage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. He studied medicine at St. Thomas's Hospital in London, but the success of his first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eLiza of Lambeth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1897), won him over to letters. His later masterpieces include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Moon and Sixpence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1919), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eCakes and Ale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1930), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Razor's Edge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1944). During and after World War I, he worked as a spy for the British Secret Intelligence Service, an experience that inspired his novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAshenden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1927), which later influenced Ian Fleming's James Bond series. 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