My progress with reading Of Human Bondage has been slow as well. I'm on chapter 50, which according to my Kindle means I'm 37% of the way through. At first the plot seems to be part Jane Eyre and part Pip from Great Expectations: a child becomes an orphan who is then raised by uncaring relatives who then send him/her/it to a boarding school where life is atrocious. However, that is where the similarities end. It's a great story and I'm enjoying the journey.