Of Human Bondage W. Somerset Maugham, Jane Smiley

The first and most autobiographical of Maugham's masterpieces. It is the story of Philip Carey, an orphan eager for life, love and adventure. After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris as a would-be artist, he settles in London to train as a doctor where he meets Mildred, the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a tortured and masochistic affair. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham, Jane Smiley)