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The Moon and Sixpence (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
The Moon and Sixpence - Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
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 T...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140185973
ISBN-10: 0140185976
Publication Date: 3/1/1993
Pages: 224
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3.6 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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Good story about a genius artist who was a great talent but a fairly awful person. Based on the life of Paul Gauguin. I'd heard Gauguin went to Tahiti to paint,but did not realize he left his wife and kids to do so, and never again contacted them.
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