{"product_id":"of-human-bondage-w-somerset-maugham-9781499722765","title":"Of Human Bondage: Original and Unabridged","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eW. Somerset Maugham's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eOf Human Bondage\u003c\/b\u003e is generally agreed to be his masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature. Although Maugham stated, \"This is a novel, not an autobiography, though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention.\" Of Human Bondage was ranked in the top 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaugham indicates in his foreword that he derived the title from a passage in Baruch Spinoza's Ethics: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The impotence of man to govern or restrain the emotions I call bondage, for a man who is under their control is not his own master ... so that he is often forced to follow the worse, although he see the better before him.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf Human Bondage initially was criticized in both England and the United States; the New York World described the romantic obsession of the protagonist Philip Carey as \"the sentimental servitude of a poor fool\". The influential American novelist and critic Theodore Dreiser rescued the novel, referring to it as a work of genius and comparing it to a Beethoven symphony. His review gave the book a lift, and it has never been out of print since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. Somerset Maugham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1499722761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781499722765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.11d","brand":"W. Somerset Maugham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935116460287,"sku":"9781499722765","price":18.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c07c054a-1fc2-4076-acef-3b4448c697d8.jpg?v=1681417948","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/of-human-bondage-w-somerset-maugham-9781499722765","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}