Of Human Bondage

Human Sacrifice-John Emerich Edward Dalberg by Acton.Featured on Of Human Bondage.This episode includes AI-generated content.

Vagabond by Robert Louis Stevenson.This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 22, 2012. The Vagabond appeared in Stevenson's Songs of Travel and Other Verses, which was published after his death. It expresses the love of travel and adventure he always nurtured. Near the end of his life Stevenson emigrated to Samoa and became very involved in local politics, severely criticising the European officials he encountered. He was buried close to his new home, in the land he had come to love.Featured on Of Human Bondage.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Homilies on Colossians by St. John Chrysostom."Holy indeed are all the Epistles of Paul: but some advantage have those which he sent after he was in bonds: those, for instance, to the Ephesians and Philemon: that to Timothy, that to the Philippians, and the one before us: for this also was sent when he was a prisoner,… "But why do I say that these Epistles have some advantage over the rest in this respect, because he writes while in bonds? As if a champion were to write in the midst of carnage and victory; so also in truth did he. For himself too was aware that this was a great thing, for writing to Philemon he saith, “Whom I have begotten in my bonds.” "And this he said, that we should not be dispirited when in adversity, but even rejoice."Featured on Of Human Bondage.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Trembling of a Leaf by W. Somerset Maugham.A collection of short stories on the South Sea Islands, among which are the famous "Red," "Rain," and "The Fall of Edward Barnard," the last of which contains the basic story of what came to be one of the most well-known among W. Somerset Maugham's novels, The Razor's Edge.Featured on Of Human Bondage.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Letter, A Play in Three Acts by W. Somerset Maugham.The wife of a plantation manager in "British Malaysia" shoots a man of their acquaintance while her husband is away from home. She claims that the man she shot had attempted to rape her. Her lawyer supposes that her defense will be rather straightforward until his law clerk informs him that a blackmailer possesses evidence that will incriminate her. The defendant and her lawyer must determine whether it is best to 'explain away' the potentially damning implications of the titular letter or pay the sum demanded for its suppression. The Letter premiered (24 February 1927) at London's Playhouse Theatre where it ran 60 weeks starring Dame Gladys Cooper who was also the play's producer. While in rehearsal Maugham rewrote Act 3 using an innovative flashback to portray events preceding the shooting with which Act 1 opens.Featured on Of Human Bondage.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Orientations by W. Somerset Maugham.Featured on Of Human Bondage.This episode includes AI-generated content.

Magician by W. Somerset Maugham.The Magician is a novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham, originally published in 1908. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a caricature of Aleister Crowley, attempts to create life. Crowley wrote a critique of this book under the pen name Oliver Haddo, where he accused Maugham of plagiarism. Maugham wrote The Magician in London, after he had spent some time living in Paris, where he met Aleister Crowley. The novel was later republished with a foreword by Maugham entitled A Fragment of Autobiography.Featured on Of Human Bondage.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Moon and Sixpence (version 2) by W. Somerset Maugham.The Moon and Sixpence is a 1919 short novel by William Somerset Maugham based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin.Featured on Of Human Bondage.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Bishop's Apron by W. Somerset Maugham.This episode includes AI-generated content.

Explorer by W. Somerset Maugham.This episode includes AI-generated content.