The Moon and Sixpence (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486446028)

"Witty, compelling." -- The Boston Globe. Gripped by an overwhelming obsession, Charles Strickland, a conventional London stockbroker, decides in midlife to desert his wife, family, business, and civilization for his art. One of Maugham's most popular works, The Moon and Sixpence is a riveting story about an uncompromising and self-destructive man who forsakes wealth and comfort to pursue the life of a painter. Drifting from Paris to Marseilles, Strickland eventually settles in Tahiti, takes a mistress, and in spite of poverty and a long, terminal illness, produces his most passionate and mysterious works of art.
Loosely based on the life of Paul Gauguin, Maugham's timeless masterpiece is storytelling at its best -- an insightful work focusing on artistic fixation that propels the artist beyond the commonplace into the selfish realm of genius.

Author: W. Somerset Maugham
ISBN-10: 0486446026
ISBN-13: 9780486446028
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 01/20/2006
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 8.16h x 6.04w x 0.40d