The Moon and Sixpence Paperback - 2005
by W. Somerset Maugham; Introduction by Robert Calder
The Moon and Sixpence<.I>, published in 1919, was one of the novels that galvanized W. Somerset Maugham's 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, The Moon and Sixpence is an unforgettable study of a man possessed by the need to create regardless of the cost to himself and to others.
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The Moon and Sixpence, published in 1919, was one of the novels that galvanized W. Somerset Maugham’s 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, The Moon and Sixpence is an unforgettable study of a man possessed by the need to create—regardless of the cost to himself and to others.
- Includes a new introduction by distinguished Maugham scholar and biographer Robert Calder
First line
I confess that when first I made acquaintance with Charles Strickland I never for a moment discerned that there was in him anything out of the ordinary.
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- Title The Moon and Sixpence
- Author W. Somerset Maugham; Introduction by Robert Calder
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-11-29
- ISBN 9780143039341 / 0143039342
- Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
- Dimensions 7.52 x 5.46 x 0.45 in (19.10 x 13.87 x 1.14 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects England, Psychological fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005051352
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- New Yorker (The), 05/31/2010, Page 70
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