W. Somerset Maugham's masterwork, Of Human Bondage is the story of an orphan boy born with a clubfoot who grows up with an intense longing for love, art, and experience. Having failed at becoming an artist in Paris, he is studying medicine in London when he meets Mildred, a waitress with whom he falls into a powerful, tortured, life-altering love affair. It is the most autobiographical of Maugham's works: Philip's malformed foot symbolic of Maugham's stutter, and the character's romantic struggles with women echoing the author's struggles with his homosexuality. A brilliant and deeply moving portrayal of the universal desire for connection, Of Human Bondage stands as one of the most accomplished novels in English literature. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге OF HUMAN BONDAGE (MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET)