Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham
Philip Carey, an orphan with a club foot, tries painting in Paris and medicine in London, and can’t give up Mildred, a waitress who treats him with contempt.
First published 1915 · 261,000 words · about 17 hours to read · 823 pages at 10.3″
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Public domain in the United States. It’s still in copyright in many other countries (the author died in 1965), so if you live outside the US, check your country’s copyright law before downloading.
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