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Carol
Jun 14, 2015 added it  ·  review of another edition
I am truly blessed to find in a thrift store -- a mint paperback book --"Of Human Bondage" published in 1915 by Penguin Book Ltd.

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Ryan
May 25, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Of Human Bondage opened slowly and, at times, I felt like I was being put to sleep by the monotony of Philip's early life. It wasn't until Philip quit school and went to Heidelberg that things became engaging. There were a lot of passages that could be skipped or skimmed over because of their redundancy. The human condition over and over again with different wording based on the stage of life Philip was going through.

When Philip finally met Mildred I was outraged. Mildred was a vile and disgust ...more
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Ben
Oct 17, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: owned-calibre
Summary: A young man's quest for life's meaning across the sprawling back drop of 18th Century Europe.

Things I liked:

The protaganist: he was so truthful and honest in his depicition of what was going on. Even when he was completely deluded he reported both his deluded instincts and the sense that what he was doing was crazy. I trusted him despite sometimes loathing his actions.

Things I thought could have been done better:

Sometimes the narration seemed to skip from the main protaganist to one ...more
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Nanci Svensson
Jul 12, 2013 rated it it was ok
This book took a lot of time to finish, which is weird since I ordinarily LOVE books where the protagonist is a moody cripple.
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Karen
Jan 25, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classic-literature
Excellent story. I loved every minute of it.
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Aarthi
Sep 02, 2007 rated it liked it
Jeska Duman
Jan 02, 2009 rated it it was amazing
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Carol
Sep 03, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: classic, need, 1001, 100-best-novels
Heather (DeathByBook)
Oct 19, 2009 marked it as to-read
Amy
May 20, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Cory Day
May 01, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: high-school-required, 1001-books-read
Maysa R Bayona
Jan 16, 2012 marked it as to-read
Carol
May 02, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Anne Sweeney
Oct 30, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Patrice
Jan 08, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Hannah
Sep 29, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Lindsay
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