Hey there!! Some of you expressed an interest in joining me for a read-along of Of Human Bondage. I’ve never read it, but when I was in the hospital recovering I began to mentally make a list of the books that I’ve always wanted to read and Of Human Bondage was one of them, and some of you so kindly said that you’d join me!
I picked up this version of the book, Vintage ISBN9780593687680, but you can read any version. Most of them are about 700 pages but we will break it down by chapter so any version will do.
Details:
- We will take the entire month of October to read it! (10/1-10/31)
- Each Friday, beginning 10/4, I will post a check-in post.
- This is a no pressure read along. Read what you can, but I will post a schedule below for those who need one.
- If anyone is on X/Twitter, I will be using this hashtag #ofhumanbondagereadalong
Suggested Schedule:
Chapters below are numerical and in Roman numerals depending on what version you have it might be helpful. Page counts are listed as well.
Chapters I-IV / 1-4 (18 pp.)
Chapters V-IX / 5-9 (21 pp.)
Chapters X-XIV /10-14 (20 pp.)
Discuss the above by 10/4 here on the blog. (59 pages total)
Chapters XV-XXI / 15-21 (40 pp.)
Chapters XXII-XXXI / 22-31 (43 pp.)
Chapters XXXII-XXXV /32-35 (30 pp.)
Chapters XXXVI-XXXIX / 36-39 (22 pp.)
Discuss/Read the above by 10/11 (135 pages total)
Chapters XL-LI / 40-51 (82 pp.)
Chapters LII-LIII / 52-53 (13 pp.)
Chapters LIV-LV / 54-55 (12 pp.)
Chapters LVI-LXII / 56-62 (38 pp.)
Chapters LXIII-LXVIII / 63-68 (29 pp.)
Discuss/Read the above by 10/18 (174 pages total)
Chapters LXIX-LXXII / 69-72 (26 pp.)
Chapters LXXIII-LXXVIII / 73-78 (37 pp.)
Chapters LXXIX-LXXXVI / 79-86 (45 pp.)
Chapters LXXXVII-LXXXIX / 87-89 (19 pp.)
Chapters XC-XCVII / 90-97 (49 pp.)
Discuss/Read the above by 10/25 (176 pages total)
Chapters XCVIII-CII / 98-102 (23 pp.)
Chapters CIII-CIX / 103-109 (42 pp,)
Chapters CX-CXI / 110-111 (12 pp.)
Chapters CXII-CXXII / 112-122 (60 pp.)
Discuss/Read by Thursday 10/31! (137 pages total)
Book Chatter 
Nice 👍
This will be my first time doing this!
I am so glad you can join us!
I’m so glad you agreed to do this, Ti. I do so much better with challenging books when I am reading with a group. This book is on my Classics Club list, and I have a Kindle copy. Thank you!
Yay!! So glad you can join me!
My copy is on order; sure hope it’s here in time to start!
I’m sure it will be. Yay!
Hope the read along goes well. I would join but I have such a long TBR list of books I’ve never read that I hesitate. Have fun with it though.
Harvee https://bookdilettante.blogspot.com/
I signed up, but I’m on hold for the print copy of Of Human Bondage. I do have the audio available on hoopla, so I may end up doing that version. 🙂
This will be an exercise to see how much I remember from High School.
I’ve never read it so we shall see how it goes!
I’m not a fan of books that are this long but the way you broke it down is perfect. I plan on joining.
Yay!!! So happy you can join in.
I’m listening to the Steven Crossley narration. I’m probably into the 2nd week at 15%? surely not. It says I’m in Ch 23…
Talk Friday!
It reads very well. How is the narration?
Crossley has what I assume (?) is a very high brow British accent – I’m enjoying it so far. It even as some comedy, at times. I think I’ll see what print copy I can get from the library so I can find quotes, etc.
Hahaha!! It’s so much more readable than I thought it’d be.
I am enjoying all the characters in the book. Im going to keep it at that this week. We were headed out on a road trip, completely shredded a tire on a very busy I 40. After waiting nearly 3 hours to be towed we are back in Albuquerque at a tire shop. Exhausted but all is well. Will start over tomorrow.
As Philip would say, that tire business is dreadful. Glad you guys are ok.
You are in for a treat when you get back to the book because boy does it get good.