Moon and Sixpence, The

By Maugham, W. Somerset

Book Id: WPLBN0002954353
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File Size: 226.20 MB
Reproduction Date: 2009

Title:	Moon and Sixpence, The
Author:	Maugham, W. Somerset
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Historical Fiction
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Moon and Sixpence, The
Historic Publication Date:	1919
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Somerset Maugham, B. W. (1919). Moon and Sixpence, The. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
This Maugham novel is based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told by the narrator as he gradually comes to know the main character Charles Strickland, a middle aged stock broker. We follow Strickland from the point where he abruptly abandons his wife and children to become an artist, through his life in Paris and Marseille to Tahiti where he eventually dies of leprosy (Summary by Andy Minter)>This Maugham novel is based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told by the narrator as he gradually comes to know the main character Charles Strickland, a middle aged stock broker. We follow Strickland from the point where he abruptly abandons his wife and children to become an artist, through his life in Paris and Marseille to Tahiti, where he eventually dies of leprosy. (Summary by Andy Minter)

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Historical Fiction