Of Human Bondage

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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage Of Human Bondage (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham renders the story of Philip Carey who is born with a club foot. He loses his parents at an early age and goes to live with his aunt and uncle, where he picks up a reading habit. Soon he is sent to a boarding school after finishing which he goes to live in Germany. After a few months of studying in Heidelberg, he takes on another adventure aiming to be an artist in Paris. Consequently, he settles in London to train as a doctor where he meets Mildred, a flamboyant waitress with whom he begins a tumultuous affair.