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Availability:Out of StockContributor:W. Somerset MaughamSeries:Dover Literature: Literary FictionPublish date:1/20/2006Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dover PublicationsISBN-13:9780486446028ISBN-10:486446026UPC:9780486446028Book Category:Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:EuropeanBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:8.16 x 6.04 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3594Product ID:SCQWGSF0M0
"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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dover PublicationsISBN-13:9780486446028ISBN-10:486446026UPC:9780486446028Book Category:Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:EuropeanBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:8.16 x 6.04 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3594Product ID:SCQWGSF0M0
Publisher: Dover Publications

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