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 First edition | |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Bildungsroman |
| Publisher | George H. Doran Company |
Publication date | 1915 |
| Media type | Print, hardback |
| Pages | 648 |
| OCLC | 343641 |
| 823.912 | |
| LC Class | PR6025.A86 O4 1915 |
Of Human Bondage is a 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The novel is generally agreed to be Maugham's masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although he stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography; though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention."[1] Maugham, who had originally planned to call his novel Beauty from Ashes, finally settled on a title taken from a section of Spinoza's Ethics.[2] The Modern Library ranked Of Human Bondage No. 66 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
- ^ Dated 28 August 1957, author's inscription in a first edition for Californian book collector, Ingle Barr.
- ^ Rogal, Samuel J. (1997). Maugham encyclopedia. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313299162.