Of Human Bondage (1915) is a novel by William Somerset Maugham. While generally agreed to be his masterpiece and strongly autobiographical in nature, Maugham himself did not quite subscribe to this, stating in a signed inscription of a copy of the book (dated August 28, 1957) that belonged to the renowned collector Ingle Barr: This is a novel, not an autobiography, though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention.Nevertheless the book deals with the life of its main character Philip Carey, who, like Maugham, was orphaned and brought up by his pious uncle. Maugham's severe stutter has been replaced by Philip's clubfoot. The novel takes the form of a bildungsroman, tracing the protagonist's travels to Germany, Paris, and London, while exploring his intellectual and emotional development and later, in the London period, his destructive relationship with the main female character, Mildred, a self-centered, crude Cockney waitress.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 ...Of Human Bondage (1915) is a novel by William Somerset Maugham. While generally agreed to be his masterpiece and strongly autobiographical in nature, Maugham himself did not quite subscribe to this, stating in a signed inscription of a copy of the book (dated August 28, 1957) that belonged to the renowned collector Ingle Barr: This is a novel, not an autobiography, though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention.Nevertheless the book deals with the life of its main character Philip Carey, who, like Maugham, was orphaned and brought up by his pious uncle. Maugham's severe stutter has been replaced by Philip's clubfoot. The novel takes the form of a bildungsroman, tracing the protagonist's travels to Germany, Paris, and London, while exploring his intellectual and emotional development and later, in the London period, his destructive relationship with the main female character, Mildred, a self-centered, crude Cockney waitress.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. 菲利普天生跛足，自幼失去雙親，自卑的心理深深植根在他的生活中。他在伯父凱里牧師和伯母路易莎的撫養(yǎng)下長(zhǎng)大，伯父對(duì)其較為冷淡，但伯母悉心照料，給予他母親般的溫暖。菲利普自幼酷愛(ài)文學(xué)，在伯父的書(shū)房里找到寄托。伯父伯母希望菲利普到牛津?qū)W習(xí)神學(xué)，以后成為神父，把他送到一所宗教氣氛濃厚的寄宿學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)。在那里，雖然菲利普嶄露了學(xué)習(xí)的天份，但生性靦腆的他并不能融入到學(xué)校生活中，也因?yàn)轷俗闶鼙M嘲笑。 隨后，菲利普不顧伯父的反對(duì)，遠(yuǎn)赴德國(guó)海德堡求學(xué)，在那里結(jié)識(shí)了英國(guó)人海沃德和美國(guó)人威克斯，開(kāi)始對(duì)神學(xué)產(chǎn)生質(zhì)疑。在一個(gè)假期回到英國(guó)家中時(shí)，菲利普同威爾金森小姐互生情愫但并不真心相戀，在回到德國(guó)后便逐漸停止通信。 之后，菲利普到倫敦成為一名會(huì)計(jì)學(xué)徒，但他對(duì)枯燥的生活感到厭倦，很快就轉(zhuǎn)而到巴黎學(xué)習(xí)藝術(shù)，在巴黎學(xué)了兩年繪畫(huà)。在巴黎，菲利普結(jié)交了一些朋友，其中有毫無(wú)天分、脾氣怪異的普萊斯小姐。普萊斯小姐暗中喜歡菲利普，后來(lái)因?yàn)楦F困無(wú)助和絕望而自殺。 菲利普最終意識(shí)到自己在藝術(shù)上資質(zhì)平平，不會(huì)有所建樹(shù)，而伯母的死訊傳來(lái)，菲利普回到英國(guó)，并決定去倫敦學(xué)醫(yī)。在倫敦，菲利普愛(ài)上了女招待米爾德，但米爾德并不喜歡菲利普，而且天性自私，拒絕了菲利普的追求，同他人發(fā)生關(guān)系并懷孕。在追求失敗后，菲利普轉(zhuǎn)向女作家諾拉的懷抱。之后米爾德被人拋棄，又找到了菲利普，菲利普同諾拉分手，努力接濟(jì)米爾德生活。但米爾德隨后戀上了菲利普的朋友哈利并再次離開(kāi)。 當(dāng)菲利普再次遇到米爾德時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)她再次被拋棄，成為妓女。此時(shí)的菲利普已不再愛(ài)她，但因?yàn)閼z憫而收留了她。米爾德試圖引誘菲利普未果，一怒之下逃走。后來(lái)菲利普知曉她孩子病死，再次淪落風(fēng)塵。 菲利普后來(lái)因投資南非礦山失敗而破產(chǎn)，不得不在商店里打工。但最終因得到伯父死后留下的遺產(chǎn)而再次回到醫(yī)學(xué)院，取得醫(yī)生資質(zhì)。后來(lái)菲利普同多次幫助過(guò)自己的醫(yī)生阿瑟爾尼的女兒薩利相戀，并得知她懷孕的消息。菲利普果斷放棄之前游歷的計(jì)劃，同薩利訂婚。(展開(kāi))
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