Of Human Bondage is both a bildungsroman and an autobiographical novel.
Its emotions and themes are accurate in presenting those of Maugham's youth, although the narrative incorporates numerous fictional episodes and characters. Maugham is following in the footsteps of authors like Charles Dickens in David Copperfield (1849-1850) and Samuel Butler in The Way.....
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