Of Human Bondage

Japanese: 人間の絆 - にんげんのきずな(英語表記)Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage

A full-length novel by British author Somerset Maugham. Published in 1915. Maugham's masterpiece, with strong autobiographical elements. The protagonist, Philip Carey, loses his parents at a young age and is taken in by his uncle, where he grows up tormented by various feelings of inferiority due to his physical defects. As a young man, he struggles with relationships with women, but eventually reaches the realization that if life is meaningless, then death is also meaningless. He finds happiness by marrying Sally, an ordinary, healthy woman who could be described as the very embodiment of nature itself. The title is borrowed from the title of four books by Dutch philosopher Spinoza, including Ethics, "On the Serfdom of Man."

[Yutaka Seo]

"The Human Bond" translated by Yoshio Nakano (Shincho Bunko)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イギリスの作家サマセット・モームの長編小説。1915年刊。自伝的要素の色濃いモームの代表作。主人公フィリップ・ケアリは幼時に両親を失い、叔父に引き取られ、身体的欠陥のため種々の劣等感に苦しめられながら成長。青年になると女性関係に苦しむが、やがて、生も無意味なら死も無意味という悟りに到達する。そしてサリーという平凡で健康、自然そのものとでもいえるような女性と結婚することによって幸福になる。題名は、オランダの哲学者スピノザの『エチカ』など四部の題名『人間の隷属的状態について』を借用したものである。

[瀬尾 裕]

『中野好夫訳『人間の絆』(新潮文庫)』

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