
Of Human Bondage
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Steven Crossley
One of the most widely read novels of the 20th century, W. Somerset Maugham's masterpiece, Of Human Bondage, gives a harrowing depiction of unrequited love. Philip Carey, a sensitive orphan born with a clubfoot, finds himself in desperate need of passion and inspiration. He abandons his studies to travel, first to Heidelberg and then to Paris, where he nurses ambitions of becoming a great artist.
Philip's youthful idealism erodes, however, as he comes face-to-face with his own mediocrity and lack of impact on the world. After returning to London to study medicine, he becomes wildly infatuated with Mildred, a vulgar, tawdry waitress, and begins a doomed love affair that will change the course of his life.
First published in 1915, the semi-autobiographical Of Human Bondage combines the values left over from the Victorian era with the prevailing irony and despair of the early 20th century. Unsentimental yet bursting with deep feeling, Of Human Bondage remains Maugham's most complete statement of the importance of physical and spiritual liberty, a theme that resounds more loudly than ever today.
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One of the best stories
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His gradual shedding of Christianity but not morality follows his general introduction to the broader world.
Narrator does many voices well but drops his volume at ends of words/phrases in a way that makes the story difficult to follow if not listening sitting still in a perfectly quiet room.
Good window to thoughts of a past era.
Classic tale
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I also commend and thank Steven Crossey for breathing new life into this classic story.
It's not a love story
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loved it!
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Borrows a bit from Proust and Tolstoy but a well done story of the childhood to early adulthood of a good-hearted man who falls prey to his obsessive love for a dreadful woman. To tell more would give it away too much!
Wish the ending were longer.
A book about a man who struggles with the capris of emotions
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My favorite novel
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Wonderfully Absorbing and Thought Provoking
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Excellent
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Wonderful narration
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When listening I really felt like the main character became my own personal friend. I wanted good things for him and I got so very frustrated with him when he insisted on constantly ruining things for himself.
I will give a small sensitivity warning, the book is somewhat classist, for example Mildred, the main protagonist's love interest is written as someone who is very vulgar and simple, which is a very common portrayal of working class women.It did not bother me that much, I just sort of imagined that some people simply are vulgar and left it at that. However, there are things further in to the book that are also described in very classist ways so if that bothers you, beware.
I listened with headphones throughout the book and so the narration was never that much of a problem to me, but some people have been complaining about the audio quality of this version, and so if you are going to listen to this on a sound system in a car for example, you might want to consider the other version that is available on audible. My advice would be to try the sample on each with the sound system that you will be listening to. But with this in mind I really loved Steven Crossley's narration, he read it really well and I loved the different voices he gave to the different characters and just how he said different phrases that the different characters used. Like his reading of Mildred's "I don't mind"-line is so perfect, you can literally hear her and see her in front of you.
And so a would I recommend this book? Absolutely, it is a masterpiece. I would also recommend this version, I have not listened to the other but the sample sounded sort of "flat" to me, but it all comes down to preference.
Possibly my new favourite novel
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