Of human bondage criticism

Reticent and restrained in public, he needs a release in private. And just as poor recorders of the past repeat tattered untruths about Christopher Columbus or the Industrial Revolution without bothering to investigate their warmed-over gaffes and inaccuracies, so do arbiters of literature echo the nonsensical opinions of earlier decades. He is tormented at school but excels academically and even aspires to be an ordained minister. For Maugham, his first calling had been medicine—and it is to medicine that his hero eventually turns after an unsuccessful attempt to paint in Paris. Would be great. Moreover, the important thing is that Philip's marriage to her is just another form of human bondage, probably the worst of all.

Her gown was of black velvet, with tight sleeves and sloping shoulders, and the skirt had three large flounces. Somerset Maugham's Novels. They are life and blood characters. Yes, Julia IS Theatre.