He is sent to a boarding school where the kids make fun of him because of his foot he prays to God to cure him, not knowing what to do with the cruelty he is faced with. While Louisa does her best to welcome him, William treats him coldly Philip takes refuge in his new home’s vast collection of books. Philip, who has a clubfoot, is sent to live with his aunt Louisa and uncle William Carey. The book begins with the death of nine-year-old Philip’s mother, Helen, a few months after the passing of his father. The novel is believed to be mostly autobiographical in nature, something that Maugham has denied. Somerset Maugham’s novel Of Human Bondage (1915) tells the story of a disabled man Philip Carey, as he struggles through life and falls into a destructive, tormented relationship with a waitress. Fitting into the tradition of the Bildungsroman, or coming-of-age narrative, W.
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