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The Moon and Sixpence

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| Audio CD | 9780786198887

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Book Description

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. Continue

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Drawing down the moon

The Moon and Sixpence by W Somerset Maugham London: William Heinemann Pp. 263. 7s. net The character of a man insensible to ordinary human relations, who lives the life of pure selfishness which is sometimes supposed to produce great art, has always ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

W. Somerset Maugham: The Moon and Sixpence

Having read and enjoyed a couple of Somerset Maugham’s less celebrated novels, I thought it was time to turn to the more famous ones. The author blurb on these new Vintage Classics editions of his works tell us that “with the publication in 1919 of T ... (read full critics)

theasylum published on Fri, 10 Sep 2010

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Fictionalised account based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story, narrated by a friend, highlights the sudden, incongruous transformation of an unremarkable, middle class family man into.. a painter? beast? monster? genius?? The jury, for me at least, it's still out.

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