Of Human Bondage
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Desc: 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.