It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.

W. Somerset Maugham

Of Human Bondage

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Topic

Happiness

Author

W. Somerset Maugham

Source

Of Human Bondage

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Maugham, W. Somerset. Of Human Bondage. George H. Doran Company, 1915.

Current Citation

Maugham, W. Somerset. Of Human Bondage. Bantam Classics, 1991.

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