Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham
“Sometimes the hardest shackles to break are the ones we place on ourselves.”
Born with a physical deformity and orphaned young, Philip Carey embarks on a raw odyssey through the art studios of Paris and the medical wards of London. This masterpiece captures the agonizing beauty of unrequited love and the desperate struggle to break free from the invisible chains that bind the human soul.
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