description: Inspired by the life of noted French painter Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is the story of a rebellious stockbroker. Driven by passion, he decides to abandon civilization and convention in order to pursue his destiny as a painter in the South Pacific. In Charles Strickland, the main character, Maugham gives the reader a penetrating and fascinating study in personality with a savage truthfulness and an icy contempt for heroics and sentimentality.
language: English
title: The Moon and Sixpence
titlecomplete: The Moon and Sixpence (Transaction Large Print Books)
characters: Charles Strickland, Dirk Stroeve, Blanche Stroeve
genres: Fiction, France, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Art, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 23416
places: Tahiti, Paris, London, England
publisher: Transaction Pub Large Print