The Moon and SixpenceA novel based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham's ode to the powerful forces behind creative genius. Charles Strickland is a staid banker, a man of wealth and privilege. He is also a man possessed of an unquenchable desire to create art. As Strickland pursues his artistic vision, he leaves London for Paris and Tahiti, and in his quest makes sacrifices that leaves the lives of those closest to him in tatters. Through Maugham's sympathetic eye Stricland's tortured and cruel soul becomes a symbol of the blessing and the curse of transcendent artistic genius, and the cost in humans lives it sometimes demands. |
Contents
Chapter V | |
Chapter VI | |
Chapter VII | |
Chapter VIII | |
Chapter XXXI | |
Chapter XXXII | |
Chapter XXXIII | |
Chapter XXXIV | |
Chapter XXXV | |
Chapter XXXVI | |
Chapter XXXVII | |
Chapter XXXVIII | |
Chapter IX | |
Chapter X | |
Chapter XI | |
Chapter XII | |
Chapter XIII | |
Chapter XIV | |
Chapter XV | |
Chapter XVI | |
Chapter XVII | |
Chapter XVIII | |
Chapter XIX | |
Chapter XX | |
Chapter XXI | |
Chapter XXII | |
Chapter XXIII | |
Chapter XXIV | |
Chapter XXV | |
Chapter XXVI | |
Chapter XXVII | |
Chapter XXVIII | |
Chapter XXIX | |
Chapter XXX | |
Chapter XXXIX | |
Chapter XL | |
Chapter XLI | |
Chapter XLII | |
Chapter XLIII | |
Chapter XLIV | |
Chapter XLV | |
Chapter XLVI | |
Chapter XLVII | |
Chapter XLVIII | |
Chapter XLIX | |
Chapter L | |
Chapter LI | |
Chapter LII | |
Chapter LIII | |
Chapter LIV | |
Chapter LV | |
Chapter LVI | |
Chapter LVII | |
Chapter LVIII | |
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