false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174415238m/395130.jpg 31548 86 From an orphan with a clubfoot, Philip Carey grows into an impressionable young man with a voracious appetite for adventure and knowledge. Then he falls obsessively in love, embarking on a disastrous relationship that will change his life forever. 2547187 1915 Of Human Bondage total:5186|5:2034|4:1811|3:974|2:277|1:90| 5186 20980 7779 538 5 21 false false Sat Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 03:05:51 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 07 13:53:08 -0800 2009
I was not surprised to learn that Maugham was h...more...]]> 4 9 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Jul 07 05:30:52 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 05:33:07 -0700 2008 Of Human Bondage is a Bildungsroman which frequently makes you groan and mentally exclaim 'Oh, no!', only to blow you away with the power of its message and the perfection of its ending. Over the course of the 656-page book, the main character, Philip Carey, a young orphan born with a clubfoot, take...more...]]> 5 5 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 08:27:06 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 07:14:02 -0700 2007 bildungsroman not to seem trite, when we've all gone through much the similar phases as the protagonist - there's something slightly embarrassing about revisiting the gradual death of innocence, the flailing search for Meaning, and all that comes inherent with becoming an adult.
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"Insensibly he formed the most delightful habit in the world, the habit of reading: he did not know that thus he was providing himself with a refuge from all the distress of life; he did not know either that he was creating for hims...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 18 22:26:35 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 22:31:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 13:49:22 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 10:56:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Mar 28 21:12:29 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 26 17:43:09 -0700 2007
This was no exception, though I must say I found it much more enjoyable that Anna ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 18:49:36 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 12:20:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jul 03 16:04:20 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 16:05:07 -0700 2007 Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham last night to a terrible thunderstorm raging outside. It seemed almost fitting in the end, really: the strength of the storm almost mimicked the passionate, and ill fated, affair with Mildred. It’s not hard to see oneself in literary characters...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 17:37:11 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 18:33:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Jun 16 11:34:46 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 16 11:41:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 18:44:46 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 18:45:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 3 false false Thu Aug 16 05:35:58 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 05:40:46 -0700 2007
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