The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

  1. Home
  2. Classic fiction: literary and general
  1. Home
  2. Genres
  3. Classic fiction: literary and general
Of human bondage

Paperback • 1992 • English • 1. edition

Of human bondage

By William Somerset Maugham

Part of the series Penguin twentieth century classics

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

Of Human Bondage An orphan brought up by a pious uncle and an ineffectual aunt, Philip Carey is eager for adventure when he launches himself into the world at the age of eighteen. After some months spent studying in Heidelberg, a failed experiment in accountancy and a spell in Paris as a would-be artist, he returns to London to train as a doctor. It is in London that he encounters Mildred, the doomed but formidable object of an obsessive love affair. As Philip suffers and despairs he is forced t...Show more

Classic fiction: general and literary
Narrative theme: Coming of age

Book details

ISBN

9780140187205

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

1992

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Of human bondage

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

You might also like

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

A Clergyman's Daughter

A Clergyman's Daughter

George Orwell

Call of the raven

Call of the raven

Wilbur Smith

Atonement

Atonement

Ian McEwan

A Passage to India

A Passage to India

E. M. Forster

The Monk

The Monk

Matthew Lewis

The Children Act

The Children Act

Ian McEwan

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

Untouchable

Untouchable

Mulk Raj Anand

A possible life

A possible life

Sebastian Faulks

The Virgin Cure

The Virgin Cure

Ami McKay

Penguin English Library Sons and Lovers

Penguin English Library Sons and Lovers

D H Lawrence

The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh

Samuel Butler

The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

Mark Twain

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

James Hogg

Something childish but very natural

Something childish but very natural

Katherine Mansfield

Weight loss

Weight loss

Lady Chatterley's lover

Lady Chatterley's lover

Lawrence, D. H.

Far Eastern Tales

Far Eastern Tales

William Somerset Maugham

Coming Up for Air

Coming Up for Air

George Orwell

The Go-between

The Go-between

L. P. Hartley

A place called freedom

A place called freedom

Ken Follett

Dombey and Son

Dombey and Son

Charles Dickens

Middlemarch ; Silas Marner ; Amos Barton

Middlemarch ; Silas Marner ; Amos Barton

George Eliot

The innocent

The innocent

Ian McEwan

Noveller

Noveller

William Somerset Maugham

Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers

David Herbert Lawrence

An Indecent Obsession

An Indecent Obsession

Colleen McCullough

A casual affair ; Footprints in the jungle

A casual affair ; Footprints in the jungle

William Somerset Maugham

Livets lenker

Livets lenker

William Somerset Maugham

Livets Lenker 1 & 2

Livets Lenker 1 & 2

William Somerset Maughan

Livets lenker 2

Livets lenker 2

W.Somerset Maugham

Livets lenker I og II

Livets lenker I og II

W Somerset Maugham

Maurice

Maurice

Edward Morgan Forster

The Newgate Calendar 3 - Wherein are Related the Exploits of Murderers, Ravishers and Rogues

The Newgate Calendar 3 - Wherein are Related the Exploits of Murderers, Ravishers and Rogues

George Theodore Wilkinson

An old captivity

An old captivity

Nevil Shute

Lydia

Lydia

W. Somerset Maugham