The burden of human passions. Maugham S.

“The burden of human passions” is largely the autobiographical novel by 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 share : The early death of parents, the desperate search for their calling in the world, doomed relations 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 the thread of his own life...