Family, love, and friendships are a few of the many colorful threads that are taken and woven into a tapestry of life. Every person one meets on the way will influence the patterns of that tapestry. Every incident, be it tragic or cheerful, will guide the shuttle to take on new directions. With this in mind, William Somerset Maugham’s autobiographical novel Of Human Bondage offers the reader a first person perspective on the first …showed first 75 words of 1260 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1260 total…it gave us an unprejudiced view of ourselves, and in this, I agree with Theodore Dreiser when he wrote that “[Of Human Bondage] sings, it has color. It has rapture. In viewing it one finds nothing to criticize or regret.” Bibliography Works Cited Lehmann, John. “Somerset Maugham” (1966; copyright © 1966 by Harrison-Blaine, Inc.), in The Critic as Artist: Essays on Books 1920-1970, edited by Gilbert A. Harrison, Liveright, 1972, pp. 228-32. Ward, A.C. Twentieth-Century English Literature 1901-1960 1964.