essay
Of Human
Bondage
by
Somerset
Maugham
An Electronic Classics Series
Publication
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W Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
I
THE DAY BROKE GRAY AND DULL. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains.
She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child’s bed.
“Wake up, Philip,” she said.
She pulled down the bed-clothes, took him in her arms, and carried him downstairs. He was only half awake.
“Your mother wants you,” she said.
She opened the door of a room on the floor below and took the child over to a bed in which
Bondage
by
Somerset
Maugham
An Electronic Classics Series
Publication
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham is a publication of The Electronic Classics Series. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor
Jim Manis, Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way.
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, The
Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Editor, PSUHazleton, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document
File produced as part of an ongoing publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.
Jim Manis is a faculty member of the English Department of The Pennsylvania State University. This page and any preceding page(s) are restricted by copyright. The text of the following pages are not copyrighted within the United
States; however, the fonts used may be.
Cover Design: Jim Manis
Copyright © 2007 - 2012
The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university.
W Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
I
THE DAY BROKE GRAY AND DULL. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains.
She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child’s bed.
“Wake up, Philip,” she said.
She pulled down the bed-clothes, took him in her arms, and carried him downstairs. He was only half awake.
“Your mother wants you,” she said.
She opened the door of a room on the floor below and took the child over to a bed in which