內容簡介
內容簡介 威廉·薩默塞特·毛姆，英國現代小說家、劇作家。1915年的《人性枷鎖》更確立他的文壇地位。於1954年受封『名譽勳爵士』，是毛姆的代表作，帶有自傳色彩。《人性枷鎖Of Human Bondage》菲利普‧凱瑞，一位天生足部缺陷、心緒敏感的年輕人，在倫敦求學中，因餐廳女侍密露德蕾（貝蒂‧戴維斯飾）而陷入不可自拔的狂熱愛戀。其生命因此發生變化。他極盡所能地追求密露德蕾的愛；卻只換回無止盡的羞辱和痛苦。但如此跛行了大半生，他終得以由枷鎖中解脫，發現生命的美好…Stunningly rejacked as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century masterOf Human Bondage is the first and most autobiographical of Maugham's masterpieces. It is the story of Philip Carey, an orphan eager for life, love and adventure. After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris as would-be artist, Philip settles in London to train as a doctor.And that is where he meets Mildred, the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a formative, tortured and masochistic affair which very nearly ruins him.
