The Moon and Sixpence
- ISBN-10
- 0486446026
- ISBN-13
- 9780486446028
- Series
- The moon and sixpence
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-01-20
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
Description
"Witty, compelling." — The Boston Globe. Gripped by an overwhelming obsession, Charles Strickland, a conventional London stockbroker, decides in midlife to desert his wife, family, business, and civilization for his art. One of Maugham's most popular works, The Moon and Sixpence is a riveting story about an uncompromising and self-destructive man who forsakes wealth and comfort to pursue the life of a painter. Drifting from Paris to Marseilles, Strickland eventually settles in Tahiti, takes a mistress, and in spite of poverty and a long, terminal illness, produces his most passionate and mysterious works of art. Loosely based on the life of Paul Gauguin, Maugham's timeless masterpiece is storytelling at its best — an insightful work focusing on artistic fixation that propels the artist beyond the commonplace into the selfish realm of genius.
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