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The burden of human passions

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The largely autobiographical novel Of Human Bondage (1915) was included in the list of the 100 best English-language works of the 20th century, was translated into almost every language of the world and was filmed three times. After reading it, Theodore Dreiser called Maugham "a great artist" and the book itself "a work of genius". Of Human Bondage can be called a "novel of education", where the author follows the life of the main character Philip Carey from childhood to adolescence, from youth to maturity. He faces many trials: the early death of his parents, a desperate search for his calling, a doomed relationship with a frivolous woman. Having suffered many disappointments, changing his views from submission to his own passions to self-denial, Philip tries to weave the pattern of his own life thread by thread...
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