Moon and Sixpence

Name: Moon and Sixpence
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ISBN: 9780143039341

ISBN-10: 0143039342

ISBN-13: 9780143039341

Edition: 2005

Authors: W. Somerset Maugham, Robert Calder, W. Somerset Maugham

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The Moon and Sixpence , published in 1919, was one of the novels that galvanized W. Somerset Maughams reputation as a literary master. It follows the life of one Charles Strickland, a bourgeois city gent whose dull exterior conceals the soul of a genius. Compulsive and impassioned, he abandons his home, wife, and children to devote himself slavishly to painting. In a tiny studio in Paris, he fills canvas after canvas, refusing to sell or even exhibit his work. Beset by poverty, sickness, and his own intransigent, unscrupulous nature, he drifts to Tahiti, where, even after being blinded by leprosy, he produces some of his most extraordinary works of art. Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin,…

Book details

List price: $14.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/29/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.07" wide x 7.64" long x 0.53" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English