The Moon and Sixpence (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) EPUB
by W. Somerset Maugham
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Based on the life of French post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence builds on a long tradition of European writing about the South Pacific as an exotic locale. It also marks the transformation of British writer W. Somerset Maughm from celebrated playwright to accomplished novelist.
In The Moon and Sixpence, Charles Strickland, is a respectable London stockbroker who decides in middle age to abandon his wife and children and devote himself to his true passion: art. Stricklands destructive desire for self-expression takes him first to Paris to learn the craft of painting, and finally to Tahiti in the South Pacific. The Moon and Sixpence remains a complex and engaging novel echoing Maughams own struggles between artistic expression and public respectability, and between his public persona and private life.
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- Publisher:Barnes & Noble
- Publication Date:13/03/2012
- ISBN:9781411466197
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- Publisher:Barnes & Noble
- Publication Date:13/03/2012
- ISBN:9781411466197
