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The Moon and Sixpence
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This article is about the novel. For the film adaptation, see The Moon and Sixpence (film).
The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence.jpg
Cover of the first UK edition
Author
William Somerset Maugham
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Genre
Biographical novel
Publisher
William Heinemann
Publication date 1919
Media type
Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages
263 pp
OCLC
22207227
The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W Somerset Maugham, told in episodic form by a first-person narrator, in a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. The story is said to be loosely based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Inspiration
3 About the title
4 Adaptations
5 In popular culture
6 See also
7 Notes
8 External links
Plot summary[edit]
The novel is written largely from the point of view of the narrator, who is first introduced to Strickland through the latter's wife. Strickland strikes him (the narrator) as unremarkable. Certain chapters entirely comprise stories or narrations of others, which the narrator recalls from memory (selectively editing or elaborating on certain aspects of dialogue, particularly Strickland's, as Strickland is said by the narrator to be limited in his use of verbiage and tended to use gestures in his expression).
Strickland is a well-off, middle-class stockbroker in London sometime in late 19th or early 20th century. Early in the novel, he leaves his wife and children and goes to Paris. He lives a destitute but defiantly content life there as an artist (specifically a painter), lodging in run-down hotels and falling prey to both illness and hunger. Strickland, in
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
This article is about the novel. For the film adaptation, see The Moon and Sixpence (film).
The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence.jpg
Cover of the first UK edition
Author
William Somerset Maugham
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Genre
Biographical novel
Publisher
William Heinemann
Publication date 1919
Media type
Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages
263 pp
OCLC
22207227
The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W Somerset Maugham, told in episodic form by a first-person narrator, in a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. The story is said to be loosely based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Inspiration
3 About the title
4 Adaptations
5 In popular culture
6 See also
7 Notes
8 External links
Plot summary[edit]
The novel is written largely from the point of view of the narrator, who is first introduced to Strickland through the latter's wife. Strickland strikes him (the narrator) as unremarkable. Certain chapters entirely comprise stories or narrations of others, which the narrator recalls from memory (selectively editing or elaborating on certain aspects of dialogue, particularly Strickland's, as Strickland is said by the narrator to be limited in his use of verbiage and tended to use gestures in his expression).
Strickland is a well-off, middle-class stockbroker in London sometime in late 19th or early 20th century. Early in the novel, he leaves his wife and children and goes to Paris. He lives a destitute but defiantly content life there as an artist (specifically a painter), lodging in run-down hotels and falling prey to both illness and hunger. Strickland, in