The burden of human passions

“The burden of human passions” is in many ways the autobiographical romance of Somerset Maugham. He was translated almost to all languages ​​of the world and three times filmed, and also entered the list of 100 best English -speaking works of the 20th century. After reading this novel, Theodore Dreizer called Maugham "a great artist", and his book was the "creation of a genius."

“The burden of human passions” can be called the “Roman of Education”, where the author traces the life of the protagonist Philip Carey from childhood to adolescence, from youth to maturity.

A lot of tests falls on his lot: the early death of his parents, the desperate search for his calling in the world, a doomed relationship with a frivolous woman. Having suffered a lot of disappointments, changing his views, from submission to his own passions to self -denial, Philip tries to weave a thread of weave a pattern of his own life...