Of Human Bondage
26 hrs. 20 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Maugham Somerset
Author
Maugham Somerset
Narrator
Maxim Suslov
Narrator
Maxim Suslov
Description
“The Burden of Human Passions” is, in many ways, a partly autobiographical novel by Somerset Maugham. It has been translated into nearly all the languages of the world and has been adapted for film three times, and it’s also included in the list of the 100 best English-language works of the 20th century. Theodore Dreiser called Maugham “a great artist,” and his novel “a work of genius.”
“The Burden of Human Passions” can be called a “bildungsroman,” where the author traces the life of the main character, Philip Carey—from childhood to adolescence, from youth to adulthood.
His lot includes many trials: the early death of his parents, desperate searches for his calling in the world, doomed relations with a frivolous woman. Suffering disappointments, changing his views—from yielding to his own passions to self-denial—Philip tries, thread by thread, to weave the pattern of his own life…
“The Burden of Human Passions” can be called a “bildungsroman,” where the author traces the life of the main character, Philip Carey—from childhood to adolescence, from youth to adulthood.
His lot includes many trials: the early death of his parents, desperate searches for his calling in the world, doomed relations with a frivolous woman. Suffering disappointments, changing his views—from yielding to his own passions to self-denial—Philip tries, thread by thread, to weave the pattern of his own life…
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