The Moon and Sixpence

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Wildside Press, LLC, 2007 - Fiction - 180 pages
The Moon and Sixpence, originally published in 1919, is based on the life of the artist Paul Gauguin. The story is told in episodic form by the first-person narrator as a series of glimpses into the life of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker who abandons his wife and children to pursue painting.

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The Moon and Sixpence
William Somerset Maugham
Limited preview - 1990
The Moon and Sixpence
W. Somerset Maugham
Limited preview - 2012
The Moon and Sixpence
William Somerset Maugham
Snippet view - 1919
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About the author (2007)

Writer William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris on January 25, 1874. He attended St. Thomas's Medical School in London. A prolific writer, Maugham produced novels, short stories, plays, and an autobiographical novel, "Of Human Bondage." Although he remains popular for his novels and short stories, when he was alive his plays, now dated, were also popular, and in 1908 four of his plays ran simultaneously. Maugham died in Nice, France, on December 16, 1965.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Moon and Sixpence
AuthorW. Somerset Maugham
PublisherWildside Press, LLC, 2007
ISBN1434401316, 9781434401311
Length180 pages
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Fiction / Classics
Fiction / Literary
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