The day broke grey and dull.<\/p>\n
Of Human Bondage<\/em>, W. Somerset Maugham<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n It’s a great opening line, and it sets the mood for the book, even to the contrasting last line:<\/p>\n ‘Cabs and omnibuses hurried to and fro, and crowds passed, hastening in every direction, and the sun was shining.’,<\/p>\n a line which I assume is supposed to fill the reader with optimism.\u00a0 I closed this book with a groan, my mood still grey and dull.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The day broke grey and dull. Of Human Bondage, W. Somerset Maugham ***** It’s a great opening line, and it sets the mood for the book, even to the contrasting last line: ‘Cabs and omnibuses hurried to and fro, and crowds passed, hastening in every direction, and the sun was shining.’, a line which I … <\/p>\n