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Books by Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage (1915): mentions 24 books, mentioned in 2 books
Quotes from Somerset Maugham's books, and about them
Of Human Bondage on The Lancashire Witches: “He chose them by their titles, and the first he read was The Lancashire Witches, and then he read The Admirable Crichton, and then many more.”
Of Human Bondage on Faust: “He made out a list of books which Philip was to read till he was ready for the final achievement of Faust, and meanwhile, ingeniously enough, started him on a German translation of one of the plays by Shakespeare which Philip had studied at school.”
Of Human Bondage on Marius the Epicurean: “Don't you remember the chapter in Marius where Pater talks of the gentle exercise of walking as the best incentive to conversation?”
Of Human Bondage on Madame Bovary: “Hayward talked of Richard Feverel and Madame Bovary, of Verlaine, Dante, and Matthew Arnold.”
Of Human Bondage on Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: “In those days Fitzgerald's translation of Omar Khayyam was known only to the elect, and Hayward repeated it to Philip.”
Of Human Bondage on Apologia Pro Vita Sua: “He gave Philip Newman's Apologia to read, and Philip, finding it very dull, nevertheless read it to the end.”
Of Human Bondage on Vie de Jesus: “Philip thanked him and, taking the book, looked at the title. It was Renan's Vie de Jesus.”